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"New' Head or Junk Yard Engine 200

posted by  machine man on  Sun May 16 16:10 CST 2010
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It sounds like to me it would be good to keep what you have.

You are at a point that a switch is like booking the same cruise on that boat all over again except with an unknown destination. It could be an expensive ticket upon disembarkation.

I’m curious how long you have run the car. If it has been only a short time you may have coolant in the mufflers and pipes slowly burning off.

Before you pull the head off, run a radiator CO gas check unless you know you are losing a quantity of coolant from the reservoir directly into the engine.

A compression check might tell you what cylinder to boot. It sounds like your rings were not slugged with water or it would be smoking oil instead.

A leak may be some place else in the car that started the whole overheating problem to begin with.

Just my thoughts, to throw out there from a distance,

Phil






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