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Blown head gasket?



>Tom,
>To tell the truth I have a hard time distinguishing between white and =
>blue smoke. It's not like the blue smoke is royal blue, rather it's white =
>with a slight blue hue.
>Out here where our sky is *very* blue anything else may look white.
>If you arn't finding any other clues to lead you to a head gasket problem =
>then I would be willing to bet (but not much) that what you are seeing is =
>burned oil.
>Just my opinion.
>BTW if you get serious about building a race Scout I have one of those =
>plastic seats with all the slots for a 5 point harness that I will let go =
>for cheap + shipping.
>
>Willy
>77 SS II (with smoke that looks white in the summer and blue in the =
>winter)

Willy and Tom,
Willy, did you read the part of Tom's post that said that something was 
pushing massive amounts of coolant out the overflow? I think he has a 
blown head gasket. 
John H.



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