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Subject:Re: White smoke? (UPDATE)
From:Wesley Pegden
Date:Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:27:17 -0400

Geo,
Did blowing the head gasket leave your compression normal?
Thanks,
Wes

Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:
> FWIW -- whenever I've had a blown head gasket with a subsequent
> internal coolant leak I've been able to smell the coolant in the
> exhaust... even when the leak wasn't producing notable white clouds.
>
> Geo
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wesley Pegden" <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: White smoke? (UPDATE)
>
>
>> ...Still has all the symptoms as before.  Out of the tailpipe, apart
>> from
>> white smoke I see now that it's dripping some grayish liquid---what I
>> might guess to be a mixture of coolant with oil?.
>
>