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oldspark 
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Posted: August 23, 2010 at 1:45 AM / IP Logged  
Thanks awdeclipse.
Camel mode - interesting... That might even get you home non-destructively.
I know a guy that got home ~250 miles in the outback without any coolant.
A kangaroo took out his radiator at dusk. (First dates with wildlife are often risky in the outback!)
After the initial stoppage, it was up to full speed; engine off & coast; repeat.
For ~250 miles.
As I recall, he replaced the radiator & coolant and she was fine (for a reasonable time...).
howie ll 
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Posted: August 23, 2010 at 1:58 AM / IP Logged  
Not so lucky here, blew a water pump, limped home, about 40 miles, stopping at every petrol (gas) station to top, but of course it only reached the water pump level, not the cylinder head, replaced pump, 3 months later it decided it wasn't going anywhere, gaskets and head skim job. Hence my comments about running hot.
oldspark 
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Posted: August 23, 2010 at 2:15 AM / IP Logged  
Not bad... I has a 3-month rule (ie, head gasket would blow almost to the day 3 months after the original cook/boil) but that was for my older iron heads.
Alloy heads aren't quite as robust.
But you can't run long with a air-head (so to speak). Hence the flat-out & coast tactic.
I'm surprised your head didn't crack assuming alloy & running for a while without head coolant. (Must've been a Jap Isuzu!)
howie ll 
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Posted: August 23, 2010 at 2:37 AM / IP Logged  
Three months to the day and yes my water is oily sludge,hence crack head (sic), yes also for a close guess, a Mits 16 valve alloy head.
oldspark 
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Posted: August 23, 2010 at 3:42 AM / IP Logged  
No problems Howard - I have a 4G63 head I can send you.
awdeclipse 
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Posted: August 24, 2010 at 7:36 AM / IP Logged  
4G63? Nice!
I lost my waterpump belt on the way to work one morning and I barely made it back home less then a mile in my GSX without pegging the coolant gauge. This was before the engine was even up to temp and driving home through a 20mph subdivision. When I parked it the car was just starting to gurgle.
howie ll 
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Posted: August 24, 2010 at 7:49 AM / IP Logged  
Don't worry Peter it's probably easier for me to pick up another vehicle than have the head sent from Oz! Got my eyes on my friend's immaculate FTO for about £200. Boy can I do tricks with them and no transponder!
oldspark 
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Posted: August 24, 2010 at 8:14 AM / IP Logged  
Yeah - I just had to brag....
I got a head for $50 from a local PAP (Pocket A Part) when on special.
It's one of the Hyundai versions (slight improvements on the original).
I got one after talking to a mech that pointed out their "cheap" mods for 500HP... (They are one of the highest HP to capacity engines.)
(He and I were discussing the "crap" that occurs. He couldn't get over that I knew to soap & water bores.... LOL!)
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