| Re: Overheating Miata [message #768603] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 05:40 |
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Barbie wrote:
> Any ideas? Does this sound like a head gasket? Time to finally retire
> the '96? It has 134,000 miles on it.
>
> Thanks!
Could be a head gasket. I had one fail several years ago on a Toyota
pickup. The coolant was lost thru the cylinder, and was hard to track
down. A compression test didnt indicate a leaky cylinder. If you have
overheated it several times, you may be looking at a head gasket leak.
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| Re: Overheating Miata [message #777382 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 23:04 |
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On 10 Jul 2006 20:40:15 -0700, bjones [at] united.net wrote:
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>Barbie wrote:
>> Any ideas? Does this sound like a head gasket? Time to finally retire
>> the '96? It has 134,000 miles on it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>Could be a head gasket. I had one fail several years ago on a Toyota
>pickup. The coolant was lost thru the cylinder, and was hard to track
>down. A compression test didnt indicate a leaky cylinder. If you have
>overheated it several times, you may be looking at a head gasket leak.
A head gasket leak is accompanied with hard starting and and rough
idling until the engine heats up. YOu will also see way too much
vapor coming out the tail pipe.
Pull the plugs. If there is a leak, the plug(s) in the bad cylider
will be discolored
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| Re: Overheating Miata [message #777400 ] |
Thu, 13 July 2006 17:08 |
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" A head gasket leak is accompanied with hard starting and and rough
idling until the engine heats up. You will also see way too much vapor
coming out the tail pipe."
Hmmmm ... it is not starting hard, idling rough or producing vapor.
M. Cantera wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2006 20:40:15 -0700, bjones [at] united.net wrote:
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> >
> >Barbie wrote:
> >> Any ideas? Does this sound like a head gasket? Time to finally retire
> >> the '96? It has 134,000 miles on it.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> >Could be a head gasket. I had one fail several years ago on a Toyota
> >pickup. The coolant was lost thru the cylinder, and was hard to track
> >down. A compression test didnt indicate a leaky cylinder. If you have
> >overheated it several times, you may be looking at a head gasket leak.
>
> A head gasket leak is accompanied with hard starting and and rough
> idling until the engine heats up. YOu will also see way too much
> vapor coming out the tail pipe.
>
> Pull the plugs. If there is a leak, the plug(s) in the bad cylider
> will be discolored
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| Re: Overheating Miata [message #777401 ] |
Fri, 14 July 2006 02:24 |
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have you checked the radiator cap? Old caps loose the ability to
pressurize the system and allows the coolant to come to a boil. you
may be boiling the coolant down the road. When stopped and cooled
(you should not uncap a hot system) it looks empty because the steam
has pussed the coolant out the overflow tube.
On 13 Jul 2006 08:08:22 -0700, "Barbie" <barbieorl [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>" A head gasket leak is accompanied with hard starting and and rough
>idling until the engine heats up. You will also see way too much vapor
>coming out the tail pipe."
>
>Hmmmm ... it is not starting hard, idling rough or producing vapor.
>
>M. Cantera wrote:
>> On 10 Jul 2006 20:40:15 -0700, bjones [at] united.net wrote:
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>> >
>> >Barbie wrote:
>> >> Any ideas? Does this sound like a head gasket? Time to finally retire
>> >> the '96? It has 134,000 miles on it.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >
>> >Could be a head gasket. I had one fail several years ago on a Toyota
>> >pickup. The coolant was lost thru the cylinder, and was hard to track
>> >down. A compression test didnt indicate a leaky cylinder. If you have
>> >overheated it several times, you may be looking at a head gasket leak.
>>
>> A head gasket leak is accompanied with hard starting and and rough
>> idling until the engine heats up. YOu will also see way too much
>> vapor coming out the tail pipe.
>>
>> Pull the plugs. If there is a leak, the plug(s) in the bad cylider
>> will be discolored
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