This time I stopped and kept the motor idling to see if I could discover anything else. I saw air bubbling into the expansion tank. In trying to see where the air was coming from, I followed the plastic loop and noticed that if I pinched closed the small hose from the right cylinder bank to the plastic loop - the bubbling stopped. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Uh, oh. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are there places that the cooling system will leak that are not easily found? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, the head gaskets. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, how do you check to see if the heads are leaking? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You just did. Not having a wasserboxer myself, I am not *positive*, but it sure sounds like you have a bum head gasket (spilling compression into the coolant) on the right side. "Dear Santa, I have been good all year. There is only one thing I want this year...." gmb |
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