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Subject:Re: 88 Westy ran out of water. Now it leaks all in 15 minutes. What to do?
Date:Sat, 4 Jan 2003 12:48:56 EST

In a message dated 1/4/03 12:05:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
isdn128@BELLSOUTH.NET writes:

> like an idiot I ran it out water!
>
> Now it leaks all the water out in 15 minutes.
> The leak is somewhere on top of the right head. (I cant quite see the
> leak).
>
> Do you have any thoughts on what kind of damage I may have done and
> solutions (paid/myself)...
>
>

did you overheat it?  sounds like the typical blown head gasket.  get
yourself the bentley and pull both heads off and check for cracks, pits etc
and put new head gaskets on.    this of course, can be a major pain but its
inevitable sooner or later.  most people replace leaky head gaskets when they
start to weep,  so as not to overheat the engine and hause head warpage or
other internal problems.
chrkis