Oil stains in 33 Header tank

["Hearnden,Jim,J,BGOI6 HEARNDJ M" <HEARNDJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Recently, I spotted oil streaks in the header tank of my 33. The
>temperature has been
>going up very fast, it takes less than 5 mins to reach 80 deg before the
>fan comes on
>to stabilize the temp. Almost after every journey the coolant level drops
>considerably.

Sad to say these are classic blown head gasket symptoms. In 20 years of
being around cars I have
never seen water from the exhaust when a head gasket blows.



Jim
Alfa 75 T Spark
For sale!!
Chatham 
Kent
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