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head gasket failure/replacemenet 200 1989

posted by  Sirmebes on  Mon Jan 26 14:26 CST 2004
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Greg,

As others have mentioned, I woudn't attribute coolant loss to head gasket failure. Make absolute sure that there are no other leaks within the cooling system. Perform a pressure test on the cooling system. This is a sure way to locate any of those pesky leaks. Just to give you an example. I had a coolant loss on my 90 BMW for quite some time, but I could never locate the leak...on top of this, it started having a slight rough idle...common symptoms of a head gasket failure. Upon close inspection....the culprit turned out to be the notorious cork gasket where the coolant pipe housing mates with the throttle body. A $.25 gasket and ~1hr was all it took.

In other words, be damn sure that it is the head gasket. By the way, the Bentley outlines head gasket replacement procedure real well....something I briefly read through while I was on the can ;-)

Cheers,
SM

--
90 BMW 325is, 98 BMW 528i, 90 Volvo 240DL






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