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What you had was co-current problem, head gasket and radiator. My second
head gasket blew at 180K miles. I replaced the radiator after cracks
appears in different areas after soldering the first ones. That was 5 years
ago.

BTW After the second gasket blew, my mechanic recommended I have the engine
rebuilt since half of the parts were out and my cylinder walls were scored.
New mains, connecting rods, rings, pistons, oil pump, water pump, gaskets
and seals. No more leaks, knock on wood.

"crashq" <crashq@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Pay attention to how your engine runs and check the water level
> religiously and check the oil pan for signs of water after you replace
> you radiator. The symptoms that you are describing is what happened to
> my 92 V-6 when the head gasket leaked. The water level in the radiator
> slowly decreased exposing the top of the radiator on the inside. Tiny
> pin holes formed -mainly around the filler. I thought these were the
> source of the dropping coolant level, so I just had the leaks welded,
> and kept driving it. The coolant level still dropped, though. I took it
> in and found that the head(s) were leaking. The dealer tested the oil
> and found water in it, and then found the leaking gasket.
>
> The 1989-1995 V-6 had a bad head gasket design. They replaced them up
> to 100k on warranty and did mine for free at 110k. The only drawback is
> that they replaced them with the exact same gasket design as far as I
> know. I found this out when one of the gaskets blew out at 190k and
> cracked a spark plug in two. It costs me some $$$ the second time.
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