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I recently put some stuff in my radiator to try and seal a leak. Car-Go I
think it was called. It seems to have worked, cuz the radiator isn't leaking
anymore. I had just flushed the cooling system and had taken out the
thermostat, so I'm running without one. I plan to get one in the next few
days. Here's the weird thing....It's still overflowing, through the overflow
pipe and the radiator cap,.....but it's foam!!
When I open the radiator cap and look inside, there's a layer of foam on top.
It's also foam that leaks out.

What's goin' on ?
Kojo

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Mail From: (email redacted) (Robert Kirk)

At 01:18 5/25/95 -0400, (email redacted) wrote:
>I recently put some stuff in my radiator to try and seal a leak. Car-Go I
>think it was called. It seems to have worked, cuz the radiator isn't leaking
>anymore. I had just flushed the cooling system and had taken out the
>thermostat, so I'm running without one. I plan to get one in the next few
>days. Here's the weird thing....It's still overflowing, through the overflow
>pipe and the radiator cap,.....but it's foam!!
>When I open the radiator cap and look inside, there's a layer of foam on top.
> It's also foam that leaks out.
>
>What's goin' on ?
>Kojo

THe exact same symptoms as my 390 showed several years ago with
a leaking head gasket. A radiator shop can do a test for combustion
gas in the coolant; it'll probably be there.

Bob Kirk
(email redacted)

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Mail From: (email redacted) (Robert Kirk)

At 01:18 5/25/95 -0400, (email redacted) wrote:
>I recently put some stuff in my radiator to try and seal a leak. Car-Go I
>think it was called. It seems to have worked, cuz the radiator isn't leaking
>anymore. I had just flushed the cooling system and had taken out the
>thermostat, so I'm running without one. I plan to get one in the next few
>days. Here's the weird thing....It's still overflowing, through the overflow
>pipe and the radiator cap,.....but it's foam!!
>When I open the radiator cap and look inside, there's a layer of foam on top.
> It's also foam that leaks out.
>
>What's goin' on ?
>Kojo

THe exact same symptoms as my 390 showed several years ago with
a leaking head gasket. A radiator shop can do a test for combustion
gas in the coolant; it'll probably be there.

Bob Kirk
(email redacted)