Whoa! It may not be your head gasket, And even if it is, it's the gasket set you need (about $100) and not necessarily the heads. If the engine wasn't burning oil on startup and had good compression, take them to a shop and have them tested. At 68K miles they should be fine. Jim On Oct 10, 2004, at 7:17 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Aw fudge and phooey. I got blue/green coolant drips under the heads on > Mellow Yellow. 68,000 miles, new to me a couple months ago, and now the > dreaded leak. Right, right it could be a hose and I'm going to do a > complete inspection. But assuming that the heads are corroded and need > replacing, who's got the Good Price on a set of heads? > > -- > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" > KG6RCR > |
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