In a message dated 8/25/02 8:23:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
gjbranch@attbi.com writes:
> I filled the radiator with
> coolant and while idling the engine was adding more coolant when LOTS of
> white
> smoke started blowing out the exhaust. I am guessing I overheated and
> smoked
> the head gasket. I am hoping that I did not overheat and smoke the head.
> Now
> the questions:
>
> What head gasket to use? Are the copper ones any better?
> While the head is off, I'll take it to the shop. Should unleaded seats be
> put
> in ?
> The engine has always burned a fair amount of oil, so I'm thinking I'll
> replace the rings too. How does one tell if rings are oversized?
>
> And most important: What did I do wrong??? Would reversing the lines
> going
> to the heater have done this?
>
I am dealing with the same problem, Goeff. My head gasket blew after the
engine overheated, AFTER the damned soldered joint on the brass overflow
tank, YET AGAIN decided to give up and blow out all my coolant.
I just had the head skimmed and leveled a year and a half ago, but now, when
I lay a straitedge along it, the straightedge rocks a little, indicating a
warp. So I will take the head in to the machine shop again to have a little
more shaved off to level it out. While it is there, I will have it
magnafluxed for cracks and boiled out to be sure the passages are clear.
The overflow tank, one of the dumbest ideas of English engineers, has been
soldered several times and holds up for a while, then when I gain confidence
that the repair is good, it gives way and blows out the coolant. I am
thinking about taking the pipe completely out and replacing it with a bit
larger copper pipe, drilling a new, tighter hole, and soldering the b****rd
once and for all.
Any help or input from anyone about soldering one of those tanks up,or any
problem with replacing the current overflow tank pipe with a copper one,
would be appreciated.
--David C.
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