Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:27:09 -0300 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Smokin' exhaust - the plot thickens.....
Salutations: LauraK wrote: > > I've run cars with leaking head gaskets for months without a problem, if > circumstances required it. Could do damage, hard to tell. For the last year, I > think the Lincoln had more stop leak in it than coolant. Oh I have been soooohoho there.. > BTW, my knowledge of cooling systems comes from 5 years of owning and working > on a 1980 Ford Fiesta. Great little car with the cooling system from hell. > > lauraknopsamousergraphics.com > http://www.madmousergraphics.com > web design, print design, photography What a great little car that was - I ran the guts out of a 5 (4?) speed I rented for a while.. It was kinda like the mini Austin would have made if they were making Fords.. You almost never had to break into a corner if you kept winter tires on.. Willing to bet my hat that your cooling pwobs (leaks and cracked rads aside) mostly related to ignition timing being a little hot - but that gave them a serious fun factor so everyone set them that way.. I have often thought about picking a rusted out one from a yard and taking it ice racing come winter around here - it might even make a decent clubman rally outfit if I took out the, what, 6 and half pounds of interior?.. -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Martin Lee - You Was http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/098.RAM