Pull the head, if its not cracked do a head gasket. If it is cracked, part out or scrap the car.
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:46 PM, John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> wrote: > There is another (odd!) mode of failure; I had a 617 weep out of the > passenger side of the head/block interface when the engine got good and > hot. I attribute it to the DPO putting green in the radiator. > > I finally noticed the yellowish trails down the side of the block from the > stuff left behind by evaporation. > > -- > John W Reames > jream...@verizon.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +14437915905 > > On May 1, 2013, at 19:59, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > So how do I at home troubleshoot a blown headgasket? > > > > Driving to work yesterday my '78 240D started to heat up in heavy > traffic, once I was moving it was okay, I cranked the heat which blew hot > and got it to work. > > At lunch I added maybe a quart of coolant which brought it up to just > below the neck of the radiator. > > > > On the way home the temp started to rise, again in heavy traffic, so I > pulled over and added (fortunately I'd left the cap loose) most of a > gallon(!) of water. I got home but the temp would tend to creep up (slowly) > if I stood still. When I got home I got most of another gallon(!) of water > into it... > > > > Today Angie went to take it to work and it started to heat up again > after not much distance. In playing with it I find I can put coolant it but > it bubbles right out of the neck of the radiator again. > > > > Playing some more I put my mity-vac on the overflow port, put my palm > (with rubber gloves on) over the fill hole and dragged the radiator down to > 10" of Hg which compressed the upper radiator hose good and didn't seem to > leak out other than where it leaked around my hand and around the mity-vac. > > > > As another point I can't get hot air out of the heater... > > > > I have 2 current theories: > > > > #1. The headgasket is toast. Since the car is fairly rusty this means > the car is toast, its not worth a headgasket. > > > > #2. The thermostat has stuck shut but this doesn't explain coolant > bubbling out of the radiator neck... > > > > No rising oil level, no white plume out the back, no excessive coolant > smell out either the back or in the oil. > > > > Angie wants to buy a diesel Jetta, I don't want that big car payment but > I'm tired of screwing around with cars and I guess if it came down to a > Ford Fiesta I'd prefer the Jetta although I should go drive one before I > say that. > > > > -Curt > > > > -Curt > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
