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Originally Posted by James Brown View Post
you could have disturbed the crud enough to cause the leaks, like pulling a scab off a cut. common.
Yeah, I agree with this statement. The same thing happened to me with an old Jeep when I replaced the intake manifold gasket. I cleaned up the manifold of old oil, dirt and general crud. When I was filling the rad, it started leaking coolant near trhe radiator hose inlet. I took another look at things and discovered a crack. All that crap I cleaned off was plugging the crack good enough to stop any leaks even under cooling system pressure.
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1987 ROW coupe, Marine blue, with a couple extra goodies.

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