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Subject:Re: Overflow puking water
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:00:19 -0500

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Mike Collum wrote:

> I believe you have a leak at one of the heads.  Possibly a deep crack
> between the valve seats that only opens under great pressure, or an
> upper gasket and O-ring that leaks under great pressure.
>

It seems like the obvious next step would be a test for exhaust gasses in
the cooling system.  If they aren't present, then it's not the heads...

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
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