Re: Part numbers, and overheating problems

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Alan Cordeiro wrote:

> Next problem, has re-occured recently, is an overheating problem
> where I lose coolant out the filler cap whenever I drive the car hard.
> The car gets hot, 65 to 70% of the guage, and the coolant bubbles
> out the reservoir.
> 
> No problems with gentle driving habits, but hates idling a lot in start
> and stop traffic situations.
> 
> I am running 1.8 bar, goes into high boost regularly when I pust it hard,
> and that's when the overheating symptoms appear.

Sounds like a blown head gasket.   Same thing happened to me yesterday.  
Mine blew just behind cyl #5.    It was squirting coolant on the 
firewall.  I got to enjoy my new lifters for about 20 minutes.   I guess 
the extra hp that came as a result of fully opening valves was enough to 
push the gasket over the edge.

Later,--------------------------- -   -   -   -
Graydon D. Stuckey		 / \ / \ / \ / \
graydon@apollo.kettering.edu	|Mr. Muffler... |
810 733 0255			 \ / \ / \ / \ /
--------------------------------- -   -   -   -