682 CH18 repower heat issue

[sorner]

Wow J-Mech, you went pretty far back to pull that, but you missed your own important post right after that:

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Well..... your not a mechanic either. Believe me, it doesn't take 3 days to get to the valves on an Intrepid. Maybe 4 hours.

And your wrong about the water pump failure that only leaks coolant into the engine. While I agree it is a poor design, there is a weep hole from the pump to the outside of the motor. What usually happens is some guy who thinks he's a mechanic changes the water pump and puts silicone on the gasket. That plugs up the weep hole, then when the pump fails the coolant can't go out where it's supposed to and ends up in the motor. I have seen it a few times that it was no one's fault.... like somehow dirt got in the weep hole on the block and plugged it up. But usually it's a previous mechanics fault.

..and then right after you said that, I posted back to you that I am not a mechanic... So I don't know what this has to do with my overheating Kohler Ch18s. This is a ridiculous argument, and completely off the original topic. Now that this thread has reached total disarray... Let me re-iterate, I am NOT a mechanic, but I have a solid general understanding of just about everything (except forum posting etiquette, and maybe some other things). I am a DIY guy. If I can do something like swap an engine in a car for $950, when a garage quoted me $3000, guess what I'm going to try to do. I did that job never pulling an engine before, with the help of members of another forum, and nobody there had a problem with my questions or threads.

Now back to the original issue, I learned the hard way it is definitely important to make sure the ventilation is good or you're going to have a meltdown. And I learned that I ramble too much... and that I'm not a mechanic but do some big boy mechanic stuff.

That last paragraph is oozing with sarcasm.... maybe.

[J-Mech]

You're quite the character. I'll leave you to your melted down motor.

Oh and yeah.... I dug "way" back to April to find those. All of 4 months ago.

[R Bedell]

This thread has gone way beyond the "682 CH18 repower heat issue" original topic.

It is way off the rails and time to close this thread.