What kind of car?
I'm not in the market now, but *IF* I ever have to replace one I want to know if
there's any I should eschew.
On 8/7/2018 05:04, Larry Colen wrote:
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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