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Date:         Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:20:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
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From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.(Friday)
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John Runberg wrote:
> Hmm... this would imply that all head gaskets, when all else is equal, should fail at a similar rate. Even someone who drives more aggressively (but doesn't overheat) shouldn't fail significantly faster, but this doesn't seem to be the case.
>
> john
>
>
>>Yup, the gaskets harden with age and start to leak. They live a hard
>>life, dealing with pressure, wide temperature swings, and expanding and
>>contracting metal.
>
>


Lets combine two threads:
   Last week I had the push rod tube shields off my '91 and I was poking
at the head gaskets to see if they seemed to be hardening.  I was very
tempted to rub some 303 protectant on them.


Larry A.
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