Re: Head gasket going?

[Domenic Lippolis <domlipps@mail2.nai.net>]

At 08:30 PM 4/7/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I just noticed traces of oil around the bottom of the engine head 
>(where it meets the block).  Does it mean that my gasket is going?
>The engine works fine; no oil in water; no smoke.  It works better 
>than ever.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Frank.

        Check your valve cover gasket, it may be leaking from there and it
is giving the illusion of the head gasket leaking..  

        Try a compression check, or look under the oil filler cap and see if
there is white milky sludge there.  If so it may be a leaky gasket..

                                

                                                        
					DOM!
					1980 VW Scirocco S in DM
					1983 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
					1986 Kawasaki 600 Ninja
					1979 Piaggio Vespa P125X

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