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Re: Over heating question

To: Eric Wittinger <ewittinger@Pixelworks.com>,
Subject: Re: Over heating question
From: datjunky <datjunky@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:08:42 -0700 (PDT)
eric,
do you have steam/vapor coming out of the tail pipe?
does it smell sweet when your engine is running?
if you answer yes...
then it maybe your head gasket...
just a thought

ken


--- Eric Wittinger <ewittinger@Pixelworks.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> Here is a new one for me.  Has anyone had this problem before:
>  
> Car runs great in town driving and freeway driving for ~1.75 hours (1hr
> 45min) then the car starts to over heat really bad.  When I pulled over in a
> gas station and popped the cap (on a 1600) begin careful due to pressure and
> hot water, it blew lots of steam out and then a show of water followed. I
> then put in more water to cool the car off and things were fine. This has
> happened twice now. Any thought. I am not sure where the water is going, (not
> into the oil though)
>  
> The only thing I can think of is that the tower cap or the over flow cap do
> not seal well and as the car heats up it blow steam and water out.... Any
> other thoughts?
>  
> Thanks
> Eric
> 
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