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Re: busted Head Gasket AGAIN
As for your cooling problem:
Somewhat of a dilemia here. Have to figure out if the cooling flow is being blocked by air being pumped into the system or is the cooling flow non-existant to begin with creating an overheat and creation steam/vapor.
In other words:
is the low flow the primary symptom (root cause being thermostat not opening, bad water pump, physical blockages in the cooling system) and the steam/vapor a resulting symptom?
OR
is air being introduced into the system (root cause being low coolant levels, head gasket failure, head or block cracks) the primary symptom and the resulting low flow a resulting symptom?
An intake manifold leak would only allow air into the system when the coolant level got so low that it would start to introduce air through the radiator. You will not get air injected directly into the cooling system from the maniflold because the cooling system pressure is higher than the intake pressures (unless your using forced induction at high boost levels).
As for your cooling problem:
Somewhat of a dilemia here. Have to figure out if the cooling flow is being blocked by air being pumped into the system or is the cooling flow non-existant to begin with creating an overheat and creation steam/vapor.
In other words:
is the low flow the primary symptom (root cause being thermostat not opening, bad water pump, physical blockages in the cooling system) and the steam/vapor a resulting symptom?
OR
is air being introduced into the system (root cause being low coolant levels, head gasket failure, head or block cracks) the primary symptom and the resulting low flow a resulting symptom?
An intake manifold leak would only allow air into the system when the coolant level got so low that it would start to introduce air through the radiator. You will not get air injected directly into the cooling system from the maniflold because the cooling system pressure is higher than the intake pressures (unless your using forced induction at high boost levels).
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