Thanks to all who have responded. At Ken's
suggestion, today I removed the expansion tank cap to have a look and attempt a
pressure test. Before I got to a test, out of curiousity, I sniffed it
for exhaust smell. Three guesses what I smelled and the first two
don't count. I do wonder though, when the engine is running, if
cylinder pressure is pushing exhaust into the coolant through some
failure, wouldn't one expect that cooling system pressure would then force
coolant into the cylinder when the engine is stopped and cooling? If this
was happening wouldn't the engine miss or stumble some on the next
startup? Ours doesn't, it starts and idles cleanly. Oh well.
Looks like my fate is kinda sealed. Now, any ideas how I tell which head
is leaking into the coolant? As I said in my first post on this thread,
the engine was a purchased rebuild (Fast German Auto) about 20k ago.
Shouldn't be a need to pull both heads if only one has a
problem. I know that the list has beat the head gasket issue 'til
it's screaming for mercy, but I still don't understand why the wbx has so many
head related problems. Would a failure like this be corrosion?
I've been using the orange stuff...
Gary