NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/rec/autos/tech/17744

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From: [e-mail] (James Matthew Kokernak)
Subject: Re: Oh No!  I need the doctors advice!
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Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:45:47 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Lee Havemann) writes:
|>
|> That engine was a classic case of poor design.  Probably blew the head gasket
|> and warped the aluminum head.
|>   Seen it happen on lots of that year Sunbirds. Did you notice your tempature
|> gauge (if you have one) climb into the red for a short period of time?
|>
|> If you open your radiator overflow, does it smell like the one you described
|> previously?  Does your oil have a mayonaisse looking consistency? Oil in the
|> radiator? Water coming out the exhaust pipe?
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Correct me if I'm wrong, but an ideal gasoline engines exhaust should be
comprised of water and carbon dioxide, shouldn't it? The carbon monoxide
and hydrocarbons are byproducts of incomplete combustion. My point is that
it is normal and in fact healthy to see some water coming out of the
tail pipe. BTW, I agree with everything else though.

|> --
|>
|>  Lee Havemann, Comp Ops Dir.    HSH Associates      [phone]
|>  Internet: [e-mail]    Compuserve: 70410,3507    AOL: HSH Assoc
|>  "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else,
|>   including myself."

--Jim