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Hi all, (mostly Robison)
my p38 is now slowly leaking coolant from the head gasket under the #1 cylinder exhaust port. i have 122k miles now.
Engine is running fine although last year i was on this board reporting a mysterious power loss symptom which went away on its own. it seems like now i have a slight overall power loss and my gas mileage is worse than usual--9.5 mpg.
can you guys speculate on my chances of maybe getting away with only doing a head job? or do you guys think from your experience that maybe i've slipped a cylinder liner?
Also, when i do take off the head, how to i check for a slipped liner? what does it look like? how to i assess the quality of the short block before decide whether to go for the full rebuild?
Any thoughts on this issue would be helpful.
Many thanks.
TD
my p38 is now slowly leaking coolant from the head gasket under the #1 cylinder exhaust port. i have 122k miles now.
Engine is running fine although last year i was on this board reporting a mysterious power loss symptom which went away on its own. it seems like now i have a slight overall power loss and my gas mileage is worse than usual--9.5 mpg.
can you guys speculate on my chances of maybe getting away with only doing a head job? or do you guys think from your experience that maybe i've slipped a cylinder liner?
Also, when i do take off the head, how to i check for a slipped liner? what does it look like? how to i assess the quality of the short block before decide whether to go for the full rebuild?
Any thoughts on this issue would be helpful.
Many thanks.
TD