In a message dated 97-01-06 11:34:05 EST, werner.schirmer@snet.net (WERNER
SCHIRMER) writes:

> Problem: the Duckmobile is at 92.5 k, the exhaust system needs replacing,
and 
> it has developed the "head leak."
>  
>  Symptoms: oil on left two spark plugs (right ones always black)
>  	-decreased gas mileage
>  	-engine uses about 1 qt oil every 500 mi
>  	-oil on the underside of the engine block, where the two halves meet
>  	-THICK blue smoke (like in the cartoons, when the bad guy gets away)

While you may have "A head leak", the symptoms you describe are not
consistant with "THE head leak"  "THE" head leak is when COOLANT leaks out
past the head/case coolant gasket and onto the ground.  There is no oil
invloved with "THE" head gasket leak.

Good luck,
Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg