> > Hi all. My '84 Westie has been behaving badly. She has 180k on her > so I won't complain too much. My water temp light keeps flashing with > no apparent pattern. (Sometimes everything is cool and then a > heart-stopping light and the gage runs to the max). My brother and I > have flushed out the coolant and refilled, (as well as bled the system > a few times) to no avail. I have no fluid in my oil and no white > smoke out the tail pipe while I'm driving. I have had a few mechanics > look into the problem while I frantically drove back across the > country. One changed a thermostat and mentioned that I might have an > air bubble in the cooling system that is causing the problem. The > other thought that I had an electrical problem. I made it another 3k > miles and she hasn't died yet. Of course everyone has mentioned that > I might have a leaking head gasket. > > How do I know that my head is leaking? Also, what is that sensor > coming out of my driver's side head. The wire was torched on the > exhaust pipe. > > TIA for all help. > > Elizabeth
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