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Disconnect and plug off both radiator hose nipples with expanding rubber freeze plugs, and figure out a way to plug one heater hose connection, usually with a threaded-in pipe plug. Adapt the other heater hose connection to a garden hose, and turn city water pressure into the block/head assembly. Leave it pressurized for several hours. A seep leak will either fill up a cylinder, or show a leak into the crankcase after sitting awhile. Id this procedure doesn't show an exact location for the leak, at least it will point you in the right general direction. Jerry
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