[TR] Non-TR Head Gasket Question

[Geo Hahn]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 2:45 PM, TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net> wrote:

> ... there could be a crack or a failure in the gasket that could widen at
> operating temperature enough to take a strong running engine down to
> shutdown?
>
I, for one, doubt that is what is happening.  I have certainly driven with
a head gasket that was well & truly blown.  Not pretty (not even pretty
smelling) but it takes a lot to shut down an engine.  No fuel or no spark
are the usual suspects.

But w/o some more data it is mostly guesswork.

Geo
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