W4 Problems :(

Posted by Jeff In Ontario on October 02, 2004 at 18:08:25 from (24.112.85.18):

Ok guys,
I went to pick up my "new" W4 today, it's been shedded all of it's life and very well taken care of, just hasn't been started for about 3 years as the owner had a triple bypass then and is 82. First off we couldn't get gas at the carb; that's an easy fix as the sediment bowl was right clogged with lead, and I mean CLOGGED!. Anyhow, got that fixed and now have great gas flow to the carb, but it just wouldn't fire (even with new plugs).
I figured that we might as well pull the carb and clean it up right with new gaskets etc.. so we did....and after taking it apart, we found a bunch of antifreeze in the bottom.
I can't find any cracks on the block or head, could this be a head gasket that has deteriorated and is now no good? Is there any "easy" way to tell? I checked the antifreeze and it's right full in the rad and will never freeze in a million years according to my tester. I know that the engine on my H is much the same, but have never encountered this problem before. Thanks for any advice.

Jeff

Follow Ups:

• Re: W4 Problems :( EricB 05:35:14 10/04/04 (0)
• Re: W4 Problems :( scruffy 05:07:55 10/03/04 (0)

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