Re: [Amc-list] 196 head gasket again...

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Good news!
It should now also be pretty free of any carbon buildup since the last head gasket too!

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> well, lastnight, i went up to my moms, 45 miles away,
> in her car. had all the goodies to change my head
> gasket. but first, i decided to fire it up and make
> SURE. filled it up with water, cranked her up. hmm....
> i ended up pouring like 2 1/2 gal of water in it.
> almsot completely empty. it got pressurized, and had a
> leak out of the t-stat housing. tightend it down, it
> stopped. no large amount of steem like before, no
> issues what so ever of a head gasket. all head bolts
> are still TIGHT. 
> 
> conclusion...
> leaked all the water out of the t-stat housing. boiled
> what little was left. reason for all the steam in the
> exhaust: when it finally started blowing steam out, it
> blew off my overflow hose, and was blowing water/steam
> strait into the airfilter and SOAKED it. sucking that
> water into the engine will do that. 
> 
> filled it up good, and drove it all the way home
> lastnight with no issues at all. 
> 
> dave stohler
> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
> 
> 
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