Who would have though. Head gasket blew.
Typical symptoms. Coolant loss, pressure under radiator cap even after engine cooled off. I'm up to my neck in my home remodeling project. So I left it sitting for a week or so. Something made me check oil level this morning. It's over the top. Obviously coolant is draining through cylinder head/piston into crankcase.
Conceivably I could fix it. But 80s bodywork is already pretty rough from previous shoddy repair after accident, 170k, front axle need work.
I'm tempted to just drain that junk from oil pan, put some fresh/cheap mineral oil in there, add water to radiator and I think I could make it to clunker lot for minivan that would prob suit my family of 3 boys better.
Again I could try to replace gusket but I have half of the house stripped to studs. Really bad time to spend at least a weekend fixing 80. Then there is a risk that damage is greater than just head gasket.
Dang perfect timing.
Typical symptoms. Coolant loss, pressure under radiator cap even after engine cooled off. I'm up to my neck in my home remodeling project. So I left it sitting for a week or so. Something made me check oil level this morning. It's over the top. Obviously coolant is draining through cylinder head/piston into crankcase.
Conceivably I could fix it. But 80s bodywork is already pretty rough from previous shoddy repair after accident, 170k, front axle need work.
I'm tempted to just drain that junk from oil pan, put some fresh/cheap mineral oil in there, add water to radiator and I think I could make it to clunker lot for minivan that would prob suit my family of 3 boys better.
Again I could try to replace gusket but I have half of the house stripped to studs. Really bad time to spend at least a weekend fixing 80. Then there is a risk that damage is greater than just head gasket.
Dang perfect timing.