I was taking the head down to the machine shop to be repaired and my van died, seems like fuel pump. Waiting on side of road for tow
On August 7, 2018 7:21:41 AM PDT, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >Looks like the gasket might have been kinked before fitting. It also >looks like the head might be eroded where it was leaking. I think I >would wipe it on some fine wet and dry on a surface plate to check that >before reassembly. Gasket sets are a substantial expense, these days - >you don't want to be using two where one would do. > >> On 07 August 2018 at 10:04 Larry Colen <[email protected]> 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. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
