In article <000201c135a3$a24bc2e0$260a05c0@mikep>, Mike Perry
<mikep@michindust.com> writes
>My suspicions: Perhaps a bad head gasket, leading to increased coolant
>temp/pressure. Today (24 hours after the incident) I noticed "sludge" under
>the radiator cap
A sort of greyish/whitish emulsion a bit like dirty aerosol cream? If
so, that's definitely a symptom of a blown head-gasket. Are you
getting any white "smoke" from the exhaust yet?
>, along with a small "droplet" of what could be oil in the
>radiator (under the cap). Could confirm the above theory.
>
>Wadday think? Have I created a winter project for myself?
I think so, although it is not that big a project. (But don't forget
to run the new head in, and don't forget to re-torque the cylinder head
studs after 1000 miles or so.)
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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