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From: moroney@jon.DEC (Mike Moroney)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Fluid leak from tailpipe
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 21:21:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  1 21:21:23 1985
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Is the fluid water or radiator fluid?  If it's radiator fluid, I have bad news
for your friend. It's either a cracked engine block, cracked cylinder head, or
(if you are "lucky") a blown head gasket. Either way it's many $$$'s.  I had it
happen on a 1973 Ford LTD and it turned out to be a cracked block.  Good bye
car.  If the car isn't worth investing major engine work into, you may want to
try some stuff that you add to your radiator that's supposed to stop this kind
of leak.   I don't know if it works or not, but if it does, it's cheaper than a
new car.  Also a motor from a junkyard might be cheaper than tearing the engine
apart and confirming this. 

-Mike Moroney
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