[alfa] GTV engine woes

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Spiros (and how many ships / freighters do you own?) Angelopoulos has a 
bit of a problem with coolant pouring out of some of the loosened nuts 
on his GTV's head.

First the good news: Your coolant system is in good working order.

Second: You Always start with the middle head nuts and essentially work 
back and forth.

Third: Apparently your cooling system had held enough pressure that when 
you released "the pressure' by loosening a head nut, it quite matter of 
factly came whooshing out. Perhaps you loosened it a bit more than the 
others. Doesn't matter unless it continues to leak water after 
retorquing all of the head nuts.

If so, you need to remove (one-by-one) any of the leaking nuts. Then 
place medium coarse sand paper on a very flat surface and carefully even 
out both sides of the washer and the bottom of the nut. Check each 
surface carefully before proceeding to the next to make sure it is 
precisely smooth. Replace nut / washer then move on to the next little 
leaker.

Basically, you're fine but agree it is a bit disconcerting. Do remember 
all of the head studs are immersed in coolant.

Biba
Irwindale, CA USA
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