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Subject:Re: Gaskelet leak and overheating
From:Eric Caron
Date:Tue, 9 Jul 2024 12:24:20 -0400

Finger’s crossed for a good result.

Eric Caron 

> On Jul 9, 2024, at 11:18 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No word yet on my ,91 van. It goes to the appraiser/adjuster today. Prol'ly won't hear for a week.
> 
> The 2.1 wasser boxer I am working on belongs to a friend with a Carat like mine. It  keeps overheating. He doesn't know much about it except to drive, and watch the gages. No depth of knowledge. 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 5:21 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net <mailto:ericcaron96@comcast.net>> wrote:
>> Hi Andrew, 
>> 
>>         Thank you for posting this.  Both for the good info, and because I didn’t see John’s message on list or in my junk.
>> 
>> I once had air build up in my 1.9 reservoir.  Dennis Haynes suggested we try to torque the heads before I did anything else.  That worked and the engine is still running today powering a friends now water cooled Bay window.
>> But, this was some air in the reservoir not blowing off a cap!
>> 
>> John, what 2.1 are you working on? 
>> 
>> Any updates on your tree loving 91?
>> 
>> Eric Caron 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > On Jul 7, 2024, at 5:11 PM, Andrew Berg <andrew@BERGWEB.CA <mailto:andrew@BERGWEB.CA>> wrote:
>> > 
>> > If you're driving and this happens, immediately crank your rad bleed screw a little. If a lot of air hisses out before coolant, then you likely have a bad fire ring. You can confirm with a block test kit to check for combustion gas in coolant. Sadly I encountered this and an currently rebuilding my engine.
>> > 
>> > Andrew
>> > 
>> > On Sun, Jul 7, 2024, at 4:52 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>> >> When the pressure cap blows off the coolant tank and coolant is lost, sure
>> >> sign of blown gasket, Right? 2.1 L