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Old 10-07-2010, 06:07 PM
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Re: Wants to overheat

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Originally Posted by Cam View Post
It would not necessarily be exhaust in the coolant unless the cylinder is firing before leaking through the gasket. Not sure if that matters for the dye test, but I have heard of bad head gaskets not showing up with those tests on our engine.
It happens a lot on all engines... I had my foreman swear up and down that the engine I was working on had no H/C leak... Finally he allowed me to pull the head after doing 30 some odd tests that I already knew the answer to... Gasket was fried as I suspected. The block tester kits are not always 100% but I did not want to start a debate by saying that

Tom
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