Subject	FWIW: Sadly last year I ran into a BHG on a car driven
Posted by	jzack on October 17, 2011 at 8:21 PM
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In Reply To	HOW-TO: Using a chemical dye to diagnose a blown head gasket posted by KongZTT GT28RS MD on October 17, 2011 at 06:48 PM
Message	by one of my kids. I had purchased a tester similar to the one shown and decided to give try. The car had a very distinct smell of coolant out the exhaust, white smoke while accelerating and temperature gauge overheating issues -- all the classic symptoms. Head re-decking and a new HG did fix the problem. Problem was, I couldn't get the test kit to turn color -- so I'm guessing there are times when it doesn't work? This was the kit I had purchased (Lisle LIS75500): [ http://www.etoolcart.com/combustion-leak-detector-lis75500.aspx ]
Follow Ups	HOW-TO: Using a chemical dye to diagnose a blown head gasket - KongZTT GT28RS MD 18:48:19 10/17/11 Sorry for any spelling/grammatical errors... - KongZTT GT28RS MD 18:51:39 10/17/11 Fantastic idea... VTF'd!! :) (n/m) - samsungz (Houston) 18:57:52 10/17/11 Since one cannot VTF in the General forum, I'm figuring that - Dave N 19:20:19 10/17/11 Everyone has a point to prove here,smh...Let me clarify - samsungz (Houston) 20:48:47 10/17/11 Lol (n/m) - zgene4 20:49:04 10/17/11 lol indeed... (n/m) - samsungz (Houston) 21:01:10 10/17/11 FWIW: Sadly last year I ran into a BHG on a car driven - jzack 20:21:06 10/17/11 Your dye was probably old.. and out of date.. - KongZTT GT28RS MD 20:30:03 10/17/11 It only works if combustion gas makes it to cooling system. - jlag 20:31:51 10/17/11 yep (n/m) - KongZTT GT28RS MD 20:34:20 10/17/11 Good point - and that means you may not be able to - jzack 21:56:50 10/17/11 That's why people can use stop leak on problems where you - jlag 20:36:55 10/17/11 Great write up! (n/m) - jlag 20:40:11 10/17/11 Admin... can you please move this to TECH forum.. - KongZTT GT28RS MD 20:42:28 10/17/11
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