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Originally Posted by engatwork
That is how I see it.
The o-ring at the passenger side rear of the head gasket had failed. The new head gasket does not have this same design.
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That gives me hope that I can drive it like it is and just add coolant when necessary. 1-2 pints per 500 miles isn't so bad, that's about what it seems to loose. Of course once I replace the bad expansion tank cap, that might drop.
Your post made me think to look up a photo of head gasket in these cars. It most certainly appears that the rear passenger corner is outside the normal sealing area and is sealed only with some sort of an o-ring as you point out. I wonder why it is designed that way, since that appears to be an obvious potential weak spot. But on the other hand, maybe they designed it that way so that if the headgasket failed, it would fail there, which seems to be a non-critical area. So it makes me wonder if that is the most common place for the head gasket to fail and if others have had similar failures that they drove with. I hope so, because that's what I plan to do if at all possible. Thanks for the info!
