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Leaking head gasket leads to leaking heater core? 700 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be Richie Rodriguez on  Wed Nov 13 09:22 CST 2002 [RELATED]

My mom's '86 740T has two disturbing problems. It's losing coolant whenever it runs. The oil consumption is also slightly up, but hey it's 16 years old and coming up on 300k miles. I am worried that the head gasket is leaking since I can't find any obvious leaks and the overflow tank smells like oil.

Now there's water in the floorboards. The driver seat and both sides in the back are consistently wet. When I drove it this weekend I smelled antifreeze. I'd be afraid of a leaking heater core, but I don't see where it's dripping. The water just appears under your feet.

Any ideas and guidance to make sure I've diagnosed properly before I take stuff apart?

-richie






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