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Re: Blown head gasket, or worse?

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Subject: Re: Blown head gasket, or worse?
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:16:47 -0500
At 02:10 PM 10/30/98 +0000, David Ware wrote:
>I've noticed this twice now, a creamy substance in the rocker  cover, mainly
>around the oil cap.
>Is this an indication of a blown head gasket?

Then Ian Southwell,

>I may be wrong about this but my old Dolomite used to do exactly this even
>after a rebuild and I was told it was condensation? or blocked breather
>tubes from the cover to the carbs.  It ran fine for many-a-year with this
>condition.

I have to agree with Ian.  I've seen it many times.  Especially since you
don't have any other symptoms of a blown head gasket.

John


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