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Subject:Re: Coolant Overflowing
From:John Rodgers
Date:Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:36:15 -0600

What color smoke?

Black = Over rich  mixture
Blue-white = oil  likely leaking past rings into cylinders when engine sits
White = possibly water/coolant getting into cylinder. But other symptom
would be present.- like missing.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

MICHAEL POPE wrote:

>Hey Now,
>One more thing- she does smoke a little at start-up/ but idles fine-no misses even when really cold. Is this a symptom of coolant getting past o-ring on cylinders? Leak down done when heads were replaced and came out fine.
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>Michael
>89 Westy- Rosebud
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