thanks Ken, I'm heading out to look at things now.  Hope I can determine
what is going on.  Of course, time is not my friend.  I'm deep into First
High School Robotics right now (www.usfirst.org), and next month a trip to
the Daytona 500 that I won ...............
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update, since I don't seem to have sent the first message out earlier.

Definitely head leak.  I DROVE HOME, then PARKED FOR AN HOUR or so, when I
went out to check things out I found:

1)  No apparent leakage at any of the hoses, all around.  Using a mirror
and a bright light, I did get a pretty good look.

2)  SAW DARKER AREAS ON THE HARD RUBBER HEAD GASKET - on the HEAD SIDE, not
the cylinder sleeve side.  Areas seem to be at the corners, rather than
flat areas, of course I could see the corners better, but I did use a
mirror on a stick to get a look at as much as I could.

3)  Forward top corner on left side, and forward low and back low on right
side.  Corresponds with what I saw dripping from underneath a couple of
days ago.

4)  The back left hard rubber gasket had water antifreeze on it.  Put my
finger on it.

5)  Did not see a leak off the water pump.  Kind of hard to see, and I
don't know where the weep hole is either, but seemed greasy dirty, not wet
dripping.

6)  After I RAN the ENGINE for 5 TO 10 MINUTES, all SIGN OF LEAKAGE
DISSAPEARED.  Nothing showing on the hard rubber head gasket, nothing on
the lower extremities of the block like I say before.  I would guess that
the heat from the engine warms things up and sign of leakage evaporates.

Maybe someone can benefit from my investigation.  I first suspected leakage
because the temp light started to blink.  Then I smelled slight odor of
Antifreeze right after stopping when walking round the back.

Ch

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