Blown Head Gasket?

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Jan 4, 2007 | 04:41 PM

transam69230

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Blown Head Gasket?

How would i know if i had a blwon head gasket. THe motor only has 38000 miles on the car. Its ideling really weird right now, and i asked a guy that knows quite a bit about cars and he said it was a blown head gasket, or a the cam is going flat, he hasn't heard the car yet, i just want to narrrow it down, and hope its not any of those two. Any input would be great.

Jan 4, 2007 | 04:49 PM

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Overheating, coolant in the oil?

Jan 4, 2007 | 04:51 PM

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Coolant burning smell, loss of power, and milky looking engine oil are indicators of a bad gasket. Do a compression and leakdown test to see if the values are low, if so you have a problem somewhere. The milky oil is a dead giveaway of head gasket failure.

Jan 4, 2007 | 04:56 PM

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So change the oil, and see if it is milky. I put fresh oil in the car when i put it away for storage

Jan 4, 2007 | 04:59 PM

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I had a leak spot in the ground. Found out that my temp meter is garbage. I've heard their known to do that? WTF.

Jan 4, 2007 | 05:01 PM

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I just hope i dont have blown head gasket because then i won't be able to get my converter installed because i will have to buy heads, and a cam to fix the problem. LOL.