Check the compression. Its not a guarantee but there is a good chance that a blown head gasket will show as poor compression... You can also pressure check the cooling circuit.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 3:11 PM PETER OCAMPO via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Westerbeke 33 w v drive > > Last year motored all 34 hours from Newport to Maine > > No power loss. No overheat stayed at 180 no white froth in the oil at oil > change in winter and when motoring only saw white smoke if high high > humidity day when I took it up river to put on the hard. And once foggy day > motoring from Marblehead fog day. No other times saw white smoke > > Changed all hoses and new coolant.this year Old coolant was dirty might > have had oil but it was brownish orange green. Vs glow green of new > coolant engine started right up no issues no hiccup this year > > Now I see some oil drops in coolant > > > Looked on line at putting in head gasket sealant ie Barr’s. For the > season then fix this winter if truest head gasket. > > Wrong or right idea. Or options > > Thanks > > Peter > C&c 40 1983 > Goonie Island > Portland Me > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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