Entity Al and Sue Brase spoke thus: > I agree with your conclusion. It might have been more pleasant for you > to simply retorque the head immediately. I wasn't willing to take the risk. I knew it was tight since I did it myself 2 years earlier. I ran the risk of stripping the bolts trying to tighten it down more. When I took it apart, it was already as tight as it needed to be. I suspect it was the gasket set since several of those gaskets blew out and I had to replace them. -- Gnarlie
> There's a good chance it might > have healed up the leak. > Even though the 1.6 engines often have head gasket problems, they don't > usually cause unrepairable problems unless the engine is severly > overheated. (Having said that, MANY people drive them till they lock up). > My brother has a TD Quantum. this is exacty the same engine as used in > the TD Vanagons in Europe. It is a fun little car. It will go 100 and > get over 45mpg. > His had rotted out the o-ring on the head so that there was transfer of > oil into the coolant. He drove it that way for 3 years, finally becoming > worried that the oil would rot out the radiator hoses! > BTW, you don't happen to know where there is an 83 diesel parts car? > Al Brase > > Gnarlodious wrote: > >> >> Somewhere in Arizona it stopped leaking so profusely and slowed to a >> dribble, presumably thanks to the higher elevation. By the time I got to >> Santa Fe the back of the van was a real mess, but I hadn't even used >> all of >> the 2 gallons of coolant! >> >> So I guess the moral of the story is, don't act too hastily, as long >> as your >> combustion chambers are tight you can wait for better weather to fix it. >> > > |
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