It got a new head gasket and was fine for at least another 50k, when someone knocked the car out from under me.
-- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On May 3, 2013, at 20:47, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
