'89 overheating

mrnickleye · 06-15-2005, 03:34 AM

Go to a recommended repair shop and get a chemical test done to see if the gasket is blown. It is very cheap test. Watch them do it. I too drove mine for three months with bad gasket. It was putting gasses into the cooling system when the fuel was burning, (most pressure in the combustion chamber). It pressurized the system, and would push it into overflow bottle on LONG drives. I wasn't loosing coolant into the engine. I did get the heater core gurgles alot.

Head gasket solved all problems.

06-15-2005, 03:34 AM	#20
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	Go to a recommended repair shop and get a chemical test done to see if the gasket is blown. It is very cheap test. Watch them do it. I too drove mine for three months with bad gasket. It was putting gasses into the cooling system when the fuel was burning, (most pressure in the combustion chamber). It pressurized the system, and would push it into overflow bottle on LONG drives. I wasn't loosing coolant into the engine. I did get the heater core gurgles alot. Head gasket solved all problems. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.