My RL411 did exactly this. At times exhuast would pass
into the water channels through a leak in the head
gasket. Once every day or two it would overheat in a
dramatic show of water and air spewing out the
radiator. One day it came to a grinding halt when the
head gasket failed and filled a cylinder with water.
While running when this happened, the car spewed white
smoke out the tailpipe. The next day it wouldn't turn
over because all the water wouldn't compress.
You probably have a head gasket leak. You'll need to
have your head checked and straightened if needed; also
look for corroded water passages, valves, etc., while
the head is off. Make sure they don't shave the head
too low. Stock it's 3.248", someone else can give us
the recommended minimum height. If it gets below that
you need to get creative (recontour the combustion
chambers, etc.) or get another head.
It may be a cracked head or even worse a cracked block,
so make sure to check for cracks in the head while you
have it off.
> eric,
> do you have steam/vapor coming out of the tail pipe?
> does it smell sweet when your engine is running?
> if you answer yes...
> then it maybe your head gasket...
> just a thought
>
> ken
>
>
> --- Eric Wittinger <ewittinger@Pixelworks.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Here is a new one for me. Has anyone had this problem before:
> >
> > Car runs great in town driving and freeway driving for ~1.75 hours (1hr
> > 45min) then the car starts to over heat really bad. When I pulled over in a
> > gas station and popped the cap (on a 1600) begin careful due to pressure and
> > hot water, it blew lots of steam out and then a show of water followed. I
> > then put in more water to cool the car off and things were fine. This has
> > happened twice now. Any thought. I am not sure where the water is going,
>(not
> > into the oil though)
> >
> > The only thing I can think of is that the tower cap or the over flow cap do
> > not seal well and as the car heats up it blow steam and water out.... Any
> > other thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Eric
> >
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