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Subject:Re: uh-oh
From:Allan Streib
Date:Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:33:53 -0500

Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> writes:

> Owners often report a drop or two overnite in cold weather. Dont
> think this happens with new gaskets, though.  Are you sure the
> coolant is not coming from some other place than the head gaskets?

Pretty sure, unless it's seeping onto the top of the cylinder and
migrating down along the gasket edge by capilary action.  The drop I
saw was still hanging from the cylinder, right at the gasket on the
head side.  It has been cold, below freezing when I've noticed this.

Allan
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