Blown head gasket - can coolant be replaced with compressed air ?...

[a a]

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

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Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 12:00:04 PM UTC+10, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

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Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

No.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2023-04-24, a a <manta103g@gmail.com> wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

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Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

For a short distance coolant is not needed, Nitromethane burning
dragsters\'s don\'t use coolant.




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Jasen.
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[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 4:30:47 PM UTC+10, Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2023-04-24, a a <mant...@gmail.com> wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

For a short distance coolant is not needed, Nitromethane burning dragsters\'s don\'t use coolant.

That\'s relying on the heat capacity of the cylinder block. You don\'t run the engine for long enough for it to get hot hot enough to sustain any damage.. They do use coolant, but letting the engine coll off slowly by natural convection lets them skip active cooling.

A a\'s question was whether compressed air could be an adequate coolant, and it\'s heat capacity per unit volume isn\'t high enough - at least not at pressures that you can contain within a car engine block.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Dean Hoffman]

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 9:00:04 PM UTC-5, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

Radiator caps are usually rated for something around 13-16 psi. Is it reasonable to figure that
hoses and the radiators themselves are rated for just a little more? What would happen to a water
pump running dry?
Why not use plain water for a short time? It works fine when temperatures are above freezing.
Farm irrigation engines used cooling coils in the good old days.
This is the best drawing I could find easily.
<https://www.nebraskairrigation.com/secure/waterdistributioncomponents/coolingcoil.php>
Power units had water pumps but didn\'t need radiators or cooling fans. The fans took something like 7 hp. if I remember right. Cold water from the well ran through the inner pipe of the cooling coil. A larger pipe and the standing pipe held the actual water that ran through the engine. It was isolated from the water that ran to the field. Farmers had to remember to drain things when irrigation season ended, of course.

 

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Darius the Dumb has posted yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa article.

 

[Ed Lee]

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00:04 PM UTC-7, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

Very very short distance.

1. Compress air leaked into the cylinder would not be combustible, leading to misfires.
2. Losing pressure with leaking head gasket will lose much of the power.
3. Incomplete combustion will have lots of smoke.
4. No way it\'s going to pass smog test.

 

[Tabby]

On Monday, 24 April 2023 at 03:00:04 UTC+1, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

For a short enough distance a car engine can run without water or oil fill. I wouldn\'t advise it though. No cooling is workable in some limited situations, no oil rarely is.

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

mandag den 24. april 2023 kl. 13.09.51 UTC+2 skrev Anthony William Sloman:

On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 4:30:47 PM UTC+10, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2023-04-24, a a <mant...@gmail.com> wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

For a short distance coolant is not needed, Nitromethane burning dragsters\'s don\'t use coolant.
That\'s relying on the heat capacity of the cylinder block. You don\'t run the engine for long enough for it to get hot hot enough to sustain any damage. They do use coolant, but letting the engine coll off slowly by natural convection lets them skip active cooling.

the only coolant is the massive amount of fuel they use, the engine is solid with no coolant passages

 

[Flyguy]

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00:04 PM UTC-7, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

Sure, VERY short distances. You essentially have no cooling and the engine will overheat in a few minutes. So, you might get a mile.

 

[a a]

On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 02:44:37 UTC+2, Flyguy wrote:

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00:04 PM UTC-7, a a wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?
Sure, VERY short distances. You essentially have no cooling and the engine will overheat in a few minutes. So, you might get a mile.
Thank you m,y dear friends for your kind comments.

I am looking for such an experiment on the Internet sine if your car is 20 years old, you risk nothing running motor in a parked car.

My idea is to use compressed air injected into motor cooling system and to monitor engine temperature at many points
to get 10km distance (time) travelled.

Ok, idea is crazy, especially during summer time since temperature of air on inlet can be more than 20 C, making cooling effect less effective

But Internet is full of crazy videos by crazy car drivers

 

[Ed Lee]

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 7:33:20 AM UTC-7, a a wrote:

On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 02:44:37 UTC+2, Flyguy wrote:
On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00:04 PM UTC-7, a a wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?
Sure, VERY short distances. You essentially have no cooling and the engine will overheat in a few minutes. So, you might get a mile.
Thank you m,y dear friends for your kind comments.

I am looking for such an experiment on the Internet sine if your car is 20 years old, you risk nothing running motor in a parked car.

My idea is to use compressed air injected into motor cooling system and to monitor engine temperature at many points
to get 10km distance (time) travelled.

Without mod\'ng the engine, you won\'t get the right air/fuel mixture for proper combustion. Even with some combustion, you won\'t get the proper compression. It\'s easier just to fix the head gasket.

 

[Dean Hoffman]

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 9:33:20 AM UTC-5, a a wrote:

On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 02:44:37 UTC+2, Flyguy wrote:
On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00:04 PM UTC-7, a a wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?
Sure, VERY short distances. You essentially have no cooling and the engine will overheat in a few minutes. So, you might get a mile.
Thank you m,y dear friends for your kind comments.

I am looking for such an experiment on the Internet sine if your car is 20 years old, you risk nothing running motor in a parked car.

My idea is to use compressed air injected into motor cooling system and to monitor engine temperature at many points
to get 10km distance (time) travelled.

Ok, idea is crazy, especially during summer time since temperature of air on inlet can be more than 20 C, making cooling effect less effective

But Internet is full of crazy videos by crazy car drivers

Another thought or two. How will you know if the car is overheating? The heat gauges might not work without some sort of liquid in the cooling system. Some Murphy Switchgages used on irrigation power units have an additional fluid level monitor to shutdown things if oil or cooling system level drops too far. Picture a blown radiator hose.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 12:33:20 AM UTC+10, a a wrote:

On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 02:44:37 UTC+2, Flyguy wrote:
On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00:04 PM UTC-7, a a wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

Sure, VERY short distances. You essentially have no cooling and the engine will overheat in a few minutes. So, you might get a mile.

Thank you m,y dear friends for your kind comments.

Don\'t encourage Flyguy. He is nobody\'s \"dear friend\" and quite as silly as you are.

I am looking for such an experiment on the Internet sine if your car is 20 years old, you risk nothing running motor in a parked car.

If 20 year-old car is still running, it\'s worth more than nothing, and running it with a blown head gasket will stop it running very quickly.

Get it towed to someplace where the head gasket can be replace - you can do it yourself, but it takes the right tools, including a torque wrench, and it a fairly tedious job.

My idea is to use compressed air injected into motor cooling system and to monitor engine temperature at many points to get 10km distance (time) travelled.

A bad idea, entirely in keeping with inanities that Darius the Dumb keeps coming up with.

Ok, idea is crazy, especially during summer time since temperature of air on inlet can be more than 20 C, making cooling effect less effective

But Internet is full of crazy videos by crazy car drivers.

It presents a lot complete nonsense and you and Flyguy contribute to that. People have to acquire quite a bit of reliable background information before they can winnow out the chaff, and you and Flyguy doesn\'t seem to have acquired it. Flyguy may have had it once, but it he did, senile dementia has long since made it inaccessible.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:00:04 PM UTC-4, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

There are products you can add to your coolant that claim to plug small leaks.

 

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Yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa post.

 

[three_jeeps]

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:00:04 PM UTC-4, a a wrote:

\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?

No, not a good idea. the specific heat of water is 4182 J/kgC where air is 1005 J/kgC. at a certain pressure. Water is actually a pretty amazing substance.

 

[a a]

On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 23:18:51 UTC+2, three_jeeps wrote:

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:00:04 PM UTC-4, a a wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?
No, not a good idea. the specific heat of water is 4182 J/kgC where air is 1005 J/kgC. at a certain pressure. Water is actually a pretty amazing substance.

exactly,
you are right
but it still looks like, compressed air injected into engine\'s cooling system may work for a short distance of 10 miles
travelling at low speed

 

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Darius the Dumb has posted yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa article.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 9:32:14 AM UTC+10, a a wrote:

On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 23:18:51 UTC+2, three_jeeps wrote:
On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:00:04 PM UTC-4, a a wrote:
\"Blown Head Gasket

The purpose of a head gasket is to seal the combustion gases within cylinders and prevent coolant and engine oils from leaking into the cylinders.

When a head gasket is broken, it can result in compressed air from the cylinders entering the cooling system as they are being blown into the water jacket.

As a result, bubbles may form in the coolant reservoir, which is why it may appear that your coolant reservoir is boiling.

--

Can the coolant be replaced with compressed air for engine cooling for a short distances ?
No, not a good idea. the specific heat of water is 4182 J/kgC where air is 1005 J/kgC. at a certain pressure. Water is actually a pretty amazing substance.
exactly,
you are right
but it still looks like, compressed air injected into engine\'s cooling system may work for a short distance of 10 miles
travelling at low speed

Don\'t be silly.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney