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

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, d stohler wrote:

> 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.

Whew! You made the right mistakes -- better to assume the worst
and find out the opposite! Good diagnosis -- and good luck! :-)

The thermo housing on my head was also really pitted. Since I'd had the
head hot-tanked and media blasted it was spotlessly clean, so I filled
the pits with JB Weld and filed it flat and even. No leaks. Yet :-)
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