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Gunner Asch
Sep 26, 2015, 4:49:33 AM9/26/15
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:58:07 -0500, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com>
wrote:
>Gunner Asch wrote:
>
>
>> Yesterday..while going up the Grapevine (mountain
>> pass)..the radiator blew open..and by the time I could get off the
>> road (heavy traffic)..Id toasted the engine. It had 110k miles on it.
>>
>
>Well, actually, if the radiator EXPLODED, it is a lot more likely the engine
>blew a head gasket and that burst the radiator. When a head gasket fails
>wide open, it will dump cylinder gas into the cooling water at a HUGE rate.
>If so, don't feel like YOU toasted the engine.
>
>(Not that that makes the damage any less.)
>
>Jon
Ayup..thats probably what happened. When I start the engine..there is
a little bit of loud rattling before the engine starts to
rev...showing me that there is damage to the lower end. Id just
gotten the bastard about 2 months ago..and it only had 110k or so
miles on it.
This really..really sucks.
wrote:
>Gunner Asch wrote:
>
>
>> Yesterday..while going up the Grapevine (mountain
>> pass)..the radiator blew open..and by the time I could get off the
>> road (heavy traffic)..Id toasted the engine. It had 110k miles on it.
>>
>
>Well, actually, if the radiator EXPLODED, it is a lot more likely the engine
>blew a head gasket and that burst the radiator. When a head gasket fails
>wide open, it will dump cylinder gas into the cooling water at a HUGE rate.
>If so, don't feel like YOU toasted the engine.
>
>(Not that that makes the damage any less.)
>
>Jon
Ayup..thats probably what happened. When I start the engine..there is
a little bit of loud rattling before the engine starts to
rev...showing me that there is damage to the lower end. Id just
gotten the bastard about 2 months ago..and it only had 110k or so
miles on it.
This really..really sucks.
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