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dan
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6th Feb, 2004 at 02:16:23pm

Just been talking iain at dinner and he is sure he remembers reading something somewhere about not running the engine with coolant in for the first couple of minutes after you've fitted a new head gasket.

Has anyone else heard anything similar? thought it would be helpful as a general enquiry?

cheers!

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6th Feb, 2004 at 05:13:02pm

I have heard of this... but I disagree its a good idea!

All you do it creat very local hot spot and stress the head, which although not a great problem on A-series as the head is cast, its not a good idea...

You can get exactly the same effect but filling the cooling system and running the engine up to full temp and the re-torquing the head IMO.

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6th Feb, 2004 at 08:42:34pm

Complete bollox....

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6th Feb, 2004 at 08:47:08pm

to my post or the original Dave?


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6th Feb, 2004 at 09:30:26pm

Not running water in a water jacket to make sealing a head gasket better of course...

*laughing*

Ok, i could have been a little clearer!

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Sold the turbo and seeing what the C20XE can do!

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6th Feb, 2004 at 09:42:06pm

I never said it was true, just remember reading it on miniowners at some point!! *happy*

Thats why this forum is so useful

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6th Feb, 2004 at 10:26:52pm

No Worries Iain... I remember reading it there aswell - around 18 months ago, but it was shot down in flames as i recall? *oh well*

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dan
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7th Feb, 2004 at 09:12:19am

Okay, thanks for the info guys

cheers

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7th Feb, 2004 at 11:48:55am

You and me both where dave!!!

Still if anyone else has worked on a project costing inexcess of ?400,000 in the last two year looking at engine thermal management, particularly coolant flow and warm up cycles then I am sure they deserve to be shot down too *tongue*

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