Re: engine overheat and cold air: thermostat?

In article <dvntnh$ha9$2@blackhelicopter.databasix.com>
[email]gburnore@databasix.com[/email] "Gary L. Burnore" writes:
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> Head gasket.[/color]

I was wondering the same. ISTR that when a car of mine blew its
head gasket, there was oily froth in the radiator water, caused
by oil leaking from the oily side of things into the watery side
within the engine block. (FWIW, the head was warped and had to
be skimmed to flatten it again. FWIW-2, that was around 1980.)
--
Andrew Stephenson

In article <1142953308snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk>
[email]ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk[/email] "Andrew Stephenson" writes:
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> In article <dvntnh$ha9$2@blackhelicopter.databasix.com>
> [email]gburnore@databasix.com[/email] "Gary L. Burnore" writes:
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> > Head gasket.[/color]
>
> I was wondering the same. ISTR that when a car of mine blew its
> head gasket, there was oily froth in the radiator water, caused
> by oil leaking from the oily side of things into the watery side
> within the engine block. (FWIW, the head was warped and had to
> be skimmed to flatten it again. FWIW-2, that was around 1980.)[/color]

On reconsideration, the oily froth may have been in the breather
pipe, meaning the leak was going in the opposite direction. Sad
news, either way.
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Andrew Stephenson