Ok Gang,
here is the story.
I bought the 84 Wolfy Westy cheep because it had a 'blown' head gasket.
I don't know what the previous symtoms were.
This is what I do know:
Compression test:
Cold:
151,151,145,145
Hot:
151,151,155,155

No oil in the anitfreeze that I can see, no antifreeze in the oil. Temp goes
up to midrange on the idio-gauge and stays there. After warming it up to
temperature, I drove it 10 miles (16.4KM) in stop and go traffic, then took
it out on the highway and took it up to 80mph (130KPH) for a couple of miles
(3.2KM). No change in the idio-temp gauge. Sometimes the red blinking light
is on, sometimes it goes away.
When I turn the heat on, there is a slight smell of antifreeze. Does this
mean anything?

So where do I go next in my search for evidence of a blown head gasket?
Where do I get a cooling system pressure gauge?

Van runs nice, slight valve tap at idle.

tim
81 Westy "Hulk"
83 7 passenger "soon gone"
84 Wolfy Westy "Cory"

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