Posted by trucker 40 on March 09, 2011 at 08:20:19 from (69.152.36.199):
In Reply to: Headgasket??? posted by dave2 on March 09, 2011 at 03:25:24:
I wouldn't trust what somebody said about a test unless I watched them do the test.Also it seems like to me that cars any more have a complicated cooling system.The Ford I had with a 4.6 v8,you had to fill it with a funnel or it would get an air bubble in it.If you tried to fill it by pouring it in,it would get an air bubble in it.As long as it had water at the right level it was fine.Let it get low and you started having problems. I bought a book on the engine and read about it,and that's when I found out you had to fill it with a funnel.After I did that,no more problems.You just pour it in until its overfull a little and run it and it will pull it in,keep some in the funnel until it quits going in. I don't know if your Ford would be that way or not. Another time,with a Ford,It was getting hot,new thermostat,and still getting hot,so I took a heater hose off while it was running,no water?As I messed around with it,water started coming out the hose,so I put it back on,problem solved,engine didn't get hot any more.The heater didn't work,but it quit getting hot.Then later I switched the hoses and the heater started working.Somebody had put the heater hoses on it wrong.That was a 302 in a 79 Ford pickup. On both of those Ford engines they had an air bubble in there somehow. I don't know if that's what you had or not.I wouldn't even worry much about that test.It probably wasn't connected right or something.It could be somebody wanting a job for the shop, lying to you,it could be lots of things. Usually if a head gasket is blown the oil will be milky looking if its getting water in the oil. Head gaskets will blow easier than you think,but you will notice something usually like its missing or smoking,or something.The main thing is,keep an eye on the water level in the radiator.If its low all the time it could mean pressure is pushing it out somewhere.Of course in warmer weather and using it hard like flat out on the autobahn,it will use more water and oil than just normal driving.
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