On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:22:58 -0400, Ph@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> hachiroku wrote:
>> Here we go again. This one's probably going to be more tricky.
>>
>> Some of you may remember I did the HG in a bottle trick on an '89 GL
>> coupe. Five thousand miles and it still appears to be holding. This
one's
>> going to be a little trickier...
>>
>> The victim this time is a '97 Legacy L wagon, 335,000 on the body and
>> ~125,000 on the engine and transmission. The problem this time is the
leak
>> is on the exhaust side of things, letting exhaust gas into the cooling
>> system.
>>
>> When I called 'Tech Sup****t' at Bar's last time, she told me to look
for
>> orange deposits on the spark plugs. About the nearest I got to that was
>> what looked like rust on both plugs on the passenger's side cylinders.
Not
>> really sure, I removed plug #1, then plug #3, then plug #2, then plug
#4,
>> letting the car 'idle' (if you can call it that with a plug missing)
for
>> 5~7 minutes according to the instructions on the bottle. Since I pulled
>> the contact off one of the plug wires trying to remove it (Hey, I
grabbed
>> the boot!), and since the car has to cool before the next step, off to
>> AutoZone for some NGKs and a set of Duracrap wires.
>>
>> Fresh plugs and wires installed, step 2: get the car up to operating
temp
>> and run for 15 minutes. Car ran nice and smooth for a while, then
stumbled
>> a bit. Hey! The air filter from an '89 GL 1.8 fits the airbox! Running
>> nice and smooth again, I just shut the motor down, and now have to wait
>> for it to cool before the final step, which is running the engine at
1,500
>> RiPpeMs for another 15 minutes. (If nothing else, this 'repair' is
costing
>> me in gasoline!)
>>
>> We'll see what happens...if I can get 5~10,000 miles out of this, I'll
be
>> a happy puppy!
>>
>> Actually, I'm half hoping it DOESN'T work, since the days are getting
>> warmer and longer, and if I'm going to do headgaskets, I want to get
them
>> done before September!
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Definitely has mini series potential.
;) See new topic...
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