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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 02:43 PM
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head gasket failure?

could this be from a blown head gasket?
anitfreeze in my oil?



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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 02:47 PM
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Yeap! Looks to be a head geaket... Time for a tear down.
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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 02:52 PM
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Could be....

Might just be an intake gasket. Could also be a cracked casting. Might be leaks around head bolts or rocker studs.

Best palce to start would be do a pressure test on the cooling system (dry), and try to pinpoint the location of the leak.
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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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Those are very good points!

rag93vette?? Dose the car seem to bog quite badly?? Also do you have alot of white smoke coming from your tailpipe??
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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 03:15 PM
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this morning i went to start it and the white smoke was very bad. i hadnt driven it in about a month and was just starting it to see if it would still start.
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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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How many miles do you have on your engine? I am assuming it has the stock gaskets. Another way to test to see if you have bad head gaskets, is how long it takes to start. WHen your car is off for a period of time, water will seep down into the combustion chamber, so that when you try to start it, it has to pump it out, clean out the cylinder kinda, and coat the walls with fuel. This might be a determination. Good luck,
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 09:27 PM
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Car has about 195k and has not had any engine work done. Im thinking about trying to fix this myself. Worst case if i screw up too bad i might just put something new in it.
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