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Re: Blown head gasket, or worse?

To: "Laura G." <savercool@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Blown head gasket, or worse?
From: Isaac Crow <isaac@avana.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:21:09 -0500
How many valves does Nigel have to adjust?

:)

"Laura G." wrote:

> It all just sounds toooo nasty! I've had a lot of rough luck with cars over
> the ages-but never this. Nigel-are you listening?
>
> Laura G. (and Nigel)
>
> p.s. and I'm upset because I need to adjust his valves!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bowen, Patrick A. RP2 <jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil>
> To: David Ware <dware@uk.ibm.com>; Spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> <Spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 7:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Blown head gasket, or worse?
>
> >I would guess that your creamy substance is probably some sort of off
> >whitish color.  What causes this is coolant mixing with oil.  Is it a Head
> >Gasket?  Good Chance, whatever it is it doesn't sound good.  Sorry :(
> >
> >Patrick Bowen
> >
> >At 02:10 PM 10/30/98 +0000, David Ware wrote:
> >>I've noticed this twice now, a creamy substance in the rocker  cover,
> mainly
> >>around the oil cap.
> >>Is this an indication of a blown head gasket?
> >>
> >>I've checked for other signs, I've run a compression test and they all
> seem
> >>fine,
> >>each within 10 percent. No loss of coolant (as far as I can tell) and
> there
> >>isn't any air being
> >>blown into the coolant expansion tank.
> >>
> >>Am I on the right track with the head gasket?
> >>
> >>David Ware
> >>
> >>77 Spitfire 1500 (UK)
> >>
> >Patrick Bowen
> >'79 Spitfire
> >Jacksonville FL
> >

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