This
is a symptom of coolant getting into the combustion chamber. This can be caused
by a bad head seal or a cracked head. It is rare but it could also be caused by
coolant leaking between the cylinders and the case. It is critical that this is
repaired quickly. Coolant becomes corrosive when heated and mixed with air.
Damage to the engine bearings is a common result. The water getting into the
combustion chamber will also damage the pistons and heads. The crankcase must be
thoroughly flushed after repairs are made.
Dennis
Volks,
My 84 Westy continues to frustrate me. Saturday it was running
quietly,
Sunday morning I cranked it up and it had developed an engine
click.
Yesterday, I worked on the engine a while and saw what I
thought was smoke
comming from the transmission area. What I was
really looking at was water
vapor comming from the crancase vent.
The previous owner had hooked a hose
to the crankcase vent, run it
over the engine and terminated over the
transaxle. [It should
go into the lower hole in the elbow just past the AFM
shouldn't it?]
Any way water vapor and a few droplets of water were comming
out of
this hose. I caught some of it in a cup and it appeared to have an
orange tint. [ I use the orange coolant.] Since I have never
seen this
before, I assume that the click and the vapor venting are
related. If you
have had these symptoms, please let me know what
your problem was and what
you did to solve it.
TIA,
John
Houser, Jr.
Perry, Ga.