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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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Unhappy Bubbles on dipstick...

Im pretty sure i know the answer to this question, Headgasket.

But is there any other reason why i would have little bubbles on my oil dipstick? I just flushed my coolant with an auomatic flusher at the shop i work at and now today i checked my oil and it has little bubbles...

I think that there is also grey smoke coming from the exhaust but i may be just thinking that because its cold out here...
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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u can pull ur sparkplugs to see either they may be fouled or extremely clean due to very hot coolant getting on them or ive heard checking ur fluid for air bubbles when u rev the engine
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:43 PM
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Yeah i did rev it before i checked the oil the third time, and i pulled a plug and it just looks like an old iridium plug.

This thing does have a slight stumble when cruising and i give it gass, but i thought it was just shitty plugs and wires...
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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lol damn well u can have ur coolant tested for hydrocarbons the other thing i would say is it will smoke ALOT on high rpm depending on how bad the gasket is
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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i know i had a similar experience...i did my heads swap on my 02 z06(first time i ever did this type of work) anyway i also ported my fast 90 90 but got overzealous and ported the intake ports on the bottom of fast WAYYYYYY too much...anyway i used a non heat retardent epoxy to provide proper seal to gasket but what happned is it began to melt at the bottom of the intake and made my oil cloudy i exhibeted no other signs of head gasket damage which i thought was weird...got new bottom piece of fast intake and it solved the problem...
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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Are your hoses getting hard after running the car? If not, I would say it isn't the headgasket. Usually, you will see a milky colored oil as well.

I'm just curious what kind of oil you are using for it to foam or bubble up on you?
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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i know my z06 does not lke q horsepower...do u use mobil 1?
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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I've seen mobil 1 do that alot before on NON ls cars. I wouldn't doubt it if it's shitty oil.
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Don't assume HG unless you are runninig hot and coolant is disappearing.

Is it overfiiled???

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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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Honestly i dont know what oils in the car... I just got the car about a week ago and was gunna drop the oil tomorrow and I usually use Mobil 1 or Valvoline Synthetic. But the sticker on the car says its not due for a change for another 2000miles.


Oh, and i figured out that it only bubbles while its running or right after it was running...
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 03:18 AM
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Time for a leak down.
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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I think you making something of nothing. Change the oil and with good oil and I'd bet you'll be just fine.
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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If it was running for a short period of time then condensation could possibly build in the crank...
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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MAybe i was just trying to convince myself i need to man up and buy heads, haha
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