> On 7 Aug 2018, at 16:38, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What kind of car?
>
> I'm not in the market now, but *IF* I ever have to replace one I want to know
> if there's any I should eschew.
>
The ones with internal combustion engines.
>
>> On 8/7/2018 05:04, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Ever since I replaced the motor in my car, I've been having coolant issues.
>> There have been some leaky hoses, which were solved, then another would
>> start leaking. One only leaked while under pressure, and that was a very
>> fine pinhole stream. For the most part there were no puddles under the car.
>> There was no CO that showed up in the coolant. The compression test results
>> were quite good, with only one cylinder being a few pounds higher than the
>> rest. The motor had the after market head gaskets, with the exposed bit
>> (which showed they were replacements) looking quite clean, as if they had
>> been replaced along with the new water pump and timing belt which I found
>> when I took the front cover off. A couple weeks ago, I gave up, and ordered
>> the $300 worth of parts to replace the head gaskets. Money that I had
>> "saved" when the motor was outside of the car and it would have been
>> convenient.
>> I got the heads off last night and this morning, and sure enough there was
>> signs of exhaust leaking into the water jacket, which would have pressurized
>> the coolant and blown it out the overflow tank, just as it seemed. The
>> coolant system being basically sealed is why the leak didn't show up on the
>> compression test.
>> Just to keep it on topic, here are some photos, devoid of artistic merit, of
>> the cylinder heads etc. I've got them pretty much cleaned up now, so with
>> luck I'll have the car back together sometime tomorrow.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098
>> My whole experience with this car has been a continuing series of lessons on
>> how expensive it can be to try to save money on cars, and especially car
>> work.
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