I think hje pressurized it with air, not coolant. That way you can hear the hissing. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 7:36 AM To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Ka-boom! I just posted this to the DML. Are you sitting down? 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: >Well. It's possible that I may have the engine re-assembled and ready >to test tomorrow. > >Whether I'll have the balls to actually start it is another matter >entirely. > >Judging by the lack of response to my cooling system pressure test >results, I'm either so F'd up that no one has the heart to tell me, >or I'm reasonably on track and no one felt it was necessary to >comment. > >I had to put off mechanics as my hobby for nearly 4 years as the Navy >drained more and more of my personal life away. I was hardly an >expert then. So what do I do now that I'm out? Get a car more complex >than any I've worked on before and tear it apart. Re-learning basic >mechanics on a DeLorean was not smart. > >Despite my efforts not to rush, and to be careful and study and read >and question everything, I sense something terrible is going to >happen when I turn the key. > > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >. > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705 126215:HM/A=1595053/R=0/SIG=1245der9k/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitak enattogyo?YH=3512152&yhad=1595053> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1595053/rand=871344967> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595053/R=0/SIG=1245der9k/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3512152&yhad=1595053> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595053/rand=360704270> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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