Re: Ruptured head gasket

Posted by Joel Rapoae on September 02, 1998 at 09:47:08

In Reply to: Re: Ruptured head gasket
posted by Marco on September 02, 1998 at 00:05:15

: : When testing for a leaking or ruptured head gasket, does the coolant suddenly bubble up quite suddenly after being under load for 10-15 seconds?
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: YES!!!That's what I was attempting to explain on the earlier posting.If all is normal you would see only subtle signs of circulation.If the upper baffle in the radiator is missing, you'll see water spewing but no air.Heavy air bubblesor foaming under a load would indicate a head gasket problem.
Also...if the gasket leak is into a cylinder you can locate it by pulling out your spark plugs....the really clean one is the leaker...steam cleaned sorta...anyhow it will look much cleaner than the others...Ha!Joel