Head gasket?
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From: NewBrunswick,Canada
Car: Camaro sc
Engine: 350 cid.
Transmission: 700R4
Head gasket?
Hi ,
I'd just like a second opinion on a problem i've found on my Camaro if it's not too much trouble.
I noticed it started blowing a fair bit of smoke at idle(white).Swapped the carb for another just in case it was fuel related.Still doing it.
Found that my normally clean coolant is brown now and my oil is down slightly so i'm assuming that a head gasket is blown and she's burning water.
I know it's alot more common to find water in the oil than oil in the water with a blown head gasket,but since it's smoking,it has to be getting into the combustion chamber somehow right?
The plugs all look great,the head bolts are all in spec and there is no overheating problems.The engine runs great other than this.I run an external trans cooler too so there's no way it can be tranny fluid.I just hope it's not a crack or something somewhere.The engine was fresh 2 years ago and doesn't have many miles on it yet.It's a truck block,roller ZZ4 cam,vortec head 355 if that matters.What do you think?
I'd just like a second opinion on a problem i've found on my Camaro if it's not too much trouble.
I noticed it started blowing a fair bit of smoke at idle(white).Swapped the carb for another just in case it was fuel related.Still doing it.
Found that my normally clean coolant is brown now and my oil is down slightly so i'm assuming that a head gasket is blown and she's burning water.
I know it's alot more common to find water in the oil than oil in the water with a blown head gasket,but since it's smoking,it has to be getting into the combustion chamber somehow right?
The plugs all look great,the head bolts are all in spec and there is no overheating problems.The engine runs great other than this.I run an external trans cooler too so there's no way it can be tranny fluid.I just hope it's not a crack or something somewhere.The engine was fresh 2 years ago and doesn't have many miles on it yet.It's a truck block,roller ZZ4 cam,vortec head 355 if that matters.What do you think?
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