I suppose that in a pinch you could try one of the miracle block seal
products just recently discussed on this board. What have you got to
loose?
John
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "the505inme" <the505inme@y...> wrote:
> I drove from Toronto ON to Saskatoon Sask, which is about 3000k, give
> or take. It was an excellent drive, problem free, in my 1986 505
> turbo N9TE automatic. But I had the wierdest feeling that the car was
> just dying to disgrace itself.......
>
> 2 days ago, the day I planned to leave, I noticed coolant all over the
> battery, and the rad was half empty. I filled the rad, fired her up.
>
> Much to my dismay, exaust gas is coming out of the rad, and coolant
> mist is coming out the tail pipe. I assume either the head gasket is
> busted, or the head is cracked like an egg. The head was off the car 3
> years ago to replace the valve seals, at which time they noticed
> cracks in the head, between the valves, which was fixed(apparently
> not).
>
> It's weird, because the car had no cooling issues or coolant loss
> before the head came off.
>
> Now the car runs, but not well. In the opinion of the group, can I
> drive this car if I keep filling the water? I'm assuming I can't do
> more much more damage as long as I don't over heat it. My goal is to
> get it to Winnipeg, 8 hrs away. (haha)
>
> As well, I remember there being a 505 guy in Saskatoon. Anyone have
> his number?
>
> JOhn.
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