man, i'm an idiot if that's the case because I did a complete reseal both times!!!! Does anyone know if a simple retorque will stop the compression-pressure-leaking-in-to-coolant problem? BTW i did not have any white smoke puffs, unless it occurred only at start up and i confused it with normal, cold start condensation smoke. Otherwise, compression pressure seemed to be blowing out of cylinder rather than other way around. Coolant did get quite a bit of black, sooty/oily chunks floating around though. BILL wrote: > Don't you get a puff of white smoke out your tailpipe when this happens? > And is it possible to re-torque the heads to solve this? > > Bill > > >My '85 gave me these symptoms twice - both times were when one cylinder was > >leaking compression pressure into the cooling system due to a bad head > >gasket (metal shim on top of cylinder) seal. > > > > >> |
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