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Old 07-05-2010, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Excaliber View Post
Anyway, if you have a modern alloy pump already, keep looking for the problem... The freakin' head gasket leak was so small I had to confirm it with a magnifying glass! I couldn't believe my eyes. Anyway, runs great ever since that, go figure...
Car had an aluminum Edelbrock on it for 12k miles up until the bypass failure, and we have tested both that Edelbrock and a newly restored Ford water pump and the results are identical.

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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
ElM... did I read that you had the oil checked for even a drop of coolant?
No, an oil sample has not been sent out to the lab but that was on the short list of "last ditch items" for this week.
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