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What would be your plan of attack for this oil leak please?

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Old 04-26-2015, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by SeanR
Yep, I was a amazed when I pulled a low mile '91 apart to find the fire rings sitting nicely on the cylinders while I had the rest of the head gasket in my hand.
Virtually no one changed the coolant every two years on vehicles which sat in garages or warehouses.

"Low mileage" on a 25 year old vehicle is interchangeable with "coolant turned acidic sometime in the past". How bad the damage is can only be determined by removing the heads. I've carried many, many 928 blocks to the dumpster which had the cylinders eaten up by the acidic coolant.
Old 04-26-2015, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by GregBBRD
Virtually no one changed the coolant every two years on vehicles which sat in garages or warehouses.

"Low mileage" on a 25 year old vehicle is interchangeable with "coolant turned acidic sometime in the past". How bad the damage is can only be determined by removing the heads. I've carried many, many 928 blocks to the dumpster which had the cylinders eaten up by the acidic coolant.
Hence the reason I advise potential new owners that it is much better to buy a car with higher miles and good records than a low mile with none.



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