Ever since I replaced the motor in my car, I've been having coolant
issues. There have been some leaky hoses, which were solved, then
another would start leaking. One only leaked while under pressure, and
that was a very fine pinhole stream. For the most part there were no
puddles under the car. There was no CO that showed up in the coolant.
The compression test results were quite good, with only one cylinder
being a few pounds higher than the rest. The motor had the after market
head gaskets, with the exposed bit (which showed they were replacements)
looking quite clean, as if they had been replaced along with the new
water pump and timing belt which I found when I took the front cover
off. A couple weeks ago, I gave up, and ordered the $300 worth of parts
to replace the head gaskets. Money that I had "saved" when the motor was
outside of the car and it would have been convenient.
I got the heads off last night and this morning, and sure enough there
was signs of exhaust leaking into the water jacket, which would have
pressurized the coolant and blown it out the overflow tank, just as it
seemed. The coolant system being basically sealed is why the leak
didn't show up on the compression test.
Just to keep it on topic, here are some photos, devoid of artistic
merit, of the cylinder heads etc. I've got them pretty much cleaned up
now, so with luck I'll have the car back together sometime tomorrow.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098
My whole experience with this car has been a continuing series of
lessons on how expensive it can be to try to save money on cars, and
especially car work.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/
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