A crack in the head? 626 overheating!
 

Hey all. I have a 626 -89 2.0 8v. It started with a little oil in the coolant (brown gue) a little white smoke in the tailpipe. Thinking the headgasket was going bad but the car was running good overall. Then (after 1 year or so) it started to overheat, pushing colant out of reservoare. Thinking the gue was cloging the radiator and other parts of the coolingsystem. Changed the headgasket, put it together, without the thermostat. Flushed the system clean of oilgue and started up. When temp is about normal it starts to boil. Its like a vulcano, wather coming out of the radiator (cap is off). Is there a crack in the head, expanding when engine going up in temp, pushing comperssion out in the coolingsystem?


plz help!
Regards Mr Moon

RE: A crack in the head? 626 overheating!
 

Thats all the symptoms I had with my 88 when the gasket AND head went bad.$1500 later,like new but I have all kinds of electrical gremlins.!

RE: A crack in the head? 626 overheating!
 

Thanks alot ripcbx. I'll get a new head (or used in good condition). Just needed to get the symptoms verified before I rip it apart (again).

Thanks
Mr Moon

RE: A crack in the head? 626 overheating!
 

If you run across these symptoms again, you need to act fast. Otherwise it can cause unrepairable damage as in this case. A slow leak can eat away very slowly at an aluminum cyl head and it will never seal properly again.

RE: A crack in the head? 626 overheating!
 

Ty. I'll keep that in mind.

/Moon