The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Into the Breach. C70 1998

posted by  Chris Mullet on  Wed Aug 31 06:51 CST 2011
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Fri Oct 24 09:08 CST 2014
[RELATED]

"...A severely blown head gasket would only add air and cause the coolant to bubble, not lower the level..."

I'm going to lean a slightly different direction - may be totally wrong....

He says he loses water while the car is sitting, yet it's not going into the tranny, not filling the crank case, not leaking on the floor board (although he "smells" it inside the car), and not running out anywhere under the car. That doesn't leave much for possibilities, EXCEPT he says it runs very rough when first starting up cold. I think it's filling a cylinder(s) with coolant when sitting and then when he starts it, it either pushes it back into the water jacket or out the exhaust or a little of both. That would explain the rough running.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.