Re: [DML] Coolant system pressure test results
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Re: [DML] Coolant system pressure test results
- From: Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 12:34:38 +0100
Let me get this strait.... you performed a pressure test BEFORE you ran
the engine up after replacing the head gaskets?! Oh dear. The head
gaskets have an adhesive in them which bonds the mating surfaces
together and only works once the engine has been run up to temperature;
the adhesive flows and the head gaskets are properly bonded. Now you've
gone and forced water between them in places, you should seriously
consider stripping them back down to dry them off and replace with new
gaskets.
If it makes you feel any better I've done a similar thing where we had
to strip one head off again after filling with coolant.
Martin
cruznmd wrote:
2. One -tiny- leak at a head mating surface in the "valley" on the
driver side. It leaked at a rate of 3 bubbles per second, I was able
to tighten it down to a rate of 1 bubble per 2 or 3 seconds. Perhaps
when the metal expands, and contracts and I perform the re-tightening
procedure, it will stop entirely.
3. One leak on the passenger side head towards the front of the car.
Even smaller than the other one, I watched it actually stop leaking
completely on it's own.
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