laser90
15+ Year Contributor
- 245
- 9
- Sep 9, 2003
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West Palm Beach,
Florida
Ok To start off while driving I noticed the temp starting to creep up, so I pulled over checked and added coolant. When I got home I was checking the hoses to see if the thermostat was sticking. When checking the hoses I noticed all my hoses were swollen. I figured it was the cap, it was pretty old so I changed the cap and burped the system. No change so I removed the thermostat. No diffrence all the hoses still swollen. I've pressure tested the cooling system and cant find any holes in the system. Here's a list of what ive done.
- Fans run off ignition
- No thermostat ( now )
- New cap
- coolant topped off and burped
I was starting to wonder if the head gasket is blown or the head warped. My motor was just rebuilt 8,000 miles ago. A machine shop rebuilt it with ARP head studs and I am unsure what head gasket they used. I ran a compression test and heres my results #1. 150 #2. 150 #3 120 #4 150. the reason im posting is the car isnt showing the classic head gasket signs oil is fine and no white smoke. I'm wondering if my compression numbers are telling me it's a definate on the head gasket? Thanks for any help.
- Fans run off ignition
- No thermostat ( now )
- New cap
- coolant topped off and burped
I was starting to wonder if the head gasket is blown or the head warped. My motor was just rebuilt 8,000 miles ago. A machine shop rebuilt it with ARP head studs and I am unsure what head gasket they used. I ran a compression test and heres my results #1. 150 #2. 150 #3 120 #4 150. the reason im posting is the car isnt showing the classic head gasket signs oil is fine and no white smoke. I'm wondering if my compression numbers are telling me it's a definate on the head gasket? Thanks for any help.