[Supras] Question about head gasket (hopefully last)

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I haven't ever heard this mentioned before on the list during the 8 years I've been subscribed to it. But I experienced exactly this at 37k miles (in 1992) just after I'd bought my 86.5NA from the previous owner. At the time, the Toyota dealer told me I had a BHG but I completely ignored it and simply changed the coolant (why, I don't know). Oddly enough, the leak disappeared and never ever showed up again. Of course, I went on to experience a BHG at 170k, 11 years later.

Interesting....(to me at least)

Kofi

<snip> One other problem I've had and others have written about 
> is a slow coolant leak from between the head gasket and the block, again at 
> the rear of the engine. This, too, would indicate presence of higher cold 
> to hot temperature differentials at the rear of the engine as opposed to the 
> front. 
> 
> BernieK 
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