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Head Gasket Life?
Posted by JeffDunes [Email] (more from JeffDunes) on Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:39:54
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Unfortuantely, I recently had to do my headgasket. The symptoms were…
Started to have cooling systems oddities, blew a hose (maybe unrelated). Would loose a small amount of coolant over one or two thousand miles.
Began to run on 3 cyl briefly upon start up when cold (below freezing) then would clear up in less than a minute
The coolant reservoir became pressurized making it tough to remove the cap when running (but cool), air bubbles could be observed trickling in from the overflow hose.
Did not appear to have engine oil in coolant or coolant in engine oil.
Never had white smoke coming from exhaust.
It appears that the headgasket was permitting a small amount of coolant into one of the cylinders and I caught it before anything nasty started to happen.
The car had about 99 K miles on it at the time. It is a 1990 900S auto. Always been properly maintained, eg coolant changed regularly with the proper type, etc.
I previously had a 1984 8 valver go over 130 K miles without the need for a head gasket repair.
So the question is, how long have you gone with your 900 before having to do a head gasket?
Jeff 1990 900S 100K mi
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Posts in this Thread:
- Head Gasket Life?, JeffDunes, Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:39:54 <-- Viewing This Message
- 84T 334,000 nm, Ron, Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:05:41
- '83 T, 211K, CarlH, Sat, 8 Feb 2003 21:33:48
- '85 8v n/a - 198k mi 'just because'. nm, Dan W, Sat, 8 Feb 2003 21:08:31
- From the six or so months I have had my car and been on, Wally Kniaz, Sat, 8 Feb 2003 20:56:48
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