You have my luck with vehicles. > On 07 August 2018 at 19:25 [email protected] wrote: > > > 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.
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