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bavArian · 06-15-2022, 09:50 AM

Update:

Took the A for a short test drive in nice and chilly 28 °C / 82 °F weather *sweat* and tried to provoke the "overfoaming" by accelerating pedal-to-metal/wood at medium to high revs in 3rd gear.

It still gets too hot (which I anticipated) but the coolant doesn't foam at all anymore. So it seems like it really were the 3 head studs putting not enough pressure on the head gasket to keep a seal under heavy load.

Nevertheless I'll keep an eye on that.

06-15-2022, 09:50 AM	#12
bavArian Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Germany Posts: 221	Re: Foaming coolant under heavy load, bad head gasket? Update: Took the A for a short test drive in nice and chilly 28 °C / 82 °F weather sweat and tried to provoke the "overfoaming" by accelerating pedal-to-metal/wood at medium to high revs in 3rd gear. It still gets too hot (which I anticipated) but the coolant doesn't foam at all anymore. So it seems like it really were the 3 head studs putting not enough pressure on the head gasket to keep a seal under heavy load. Nevertheless I'll keep an eye on that.