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Blown Head gasket?

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Subject: Blown Head gasket?
From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 18:20:16 -0400
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Reply-to: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
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Collective list wisdom

My daughter comes home and her 1275 sounds like it has an exhaust leak.
Quick check, no leak.
Turns out the exhaust is coming out of the Weber Carb.
OK, a compression check shows about 40 PSI on #2 and #3.
Am I safe to assume she blew a head gasket?

It's just too hot tonight to be pulling a head.
I hoping for suggestions like maybe 2 valves out of adjustment but I
know that's wishfull thinking.

Maybe after dinner I'll yank the head.
Why am I asking, I know what it is, and if it's anything worse, I still
have to yank the head. But why did it blow? That is the big question!
-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/

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