Operating temps

[David A. Cooley]

At 04:24 PM 9/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Mike,
>
>  I agree with the hot temps playing havoc with gm aluminum heads.  I just had
>mine redone (1st time in 120k miles), and they had to machine them .010" 
>to get
>them straight again.  Lucky for me, the seats were ok, and guides were fine
>too... the reason for rebuilding?  Busted head gaskets (surprise!).  I think
>some gm engineers should be tied up and dunked in 240deg antifreeze mix, that
>might change their thinking about what temps to design the cooling system for.
>;-)


My 85 Buick GN at 96K had to have the head gaskets replaced... It ran a 160 
thermostat from about 1000 miles on the clock and had Iron heads...  They 
had to be milled .015" to clean them up, so I don't think it's the heat.

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