Date:         Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:44:02 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: exhaust gas into coolant system
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Good point.  No difference...However, I didn't have an exhaust gas tester to
tell me, chemically,  that there were hydrocarbons in the coolant...So I
didn't know, for certain, until I actually heard and then saw  the coolant
in the cylinder that there really was a leak.

  Don Hanson

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:11 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 01:00 PM 11/9/2010  -0800, Don Hanson wrote:
>
>>  Dunno about a WBX motor, but for my inline when I had a bad headgasket
>> causing combustion gas to emerge into the coolant overflow/expansion
>> tank....I got the motor up to temp.  Then I pulled the spark plugs, which
>> is
>>
>
> This may be a silly question, but on in inline engine what difference does
> it make?  You're still going to pull the head and replace the gasket
> regardless...
>
> Yrs,
> d
>