

| Subject: | Re: Gaskelet leak and overheating |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Jul 2024 10:18:01 -0500 |
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> 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> 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 >
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