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is it the head gasket again

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sleek98

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Apr 9, 2005
Kansas City, Missouri
ok so i have a couple problems. i over heated the car well it got to about 235. now it keeps fouling plugs wont rev with out falling on its face. and there are little bubbles on the dip stick. there is alot of white smoke pouring out the exhaust but it has a bluish tint to it. also the little filter that i have on the side of the valve cover is pouring out white smoke also. it smoke a fair amount when idleing and like a freight train when i rev it. also it takes like 3-4 mins to warm up the coolant to 170ish-according to my water temp gauge.

can the head gasket go and just lose oil? or do you think that my valve seals are gone?

its a built block rods pistions. it has a mls metal gasket on there now. brand new turbo so i know thats not the problem.

chris

please help me this is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Yea I would deff. say you have a blown headgasket, have you done a compression test yet ? That should really let you know, but all the signs you have said so far are pointing that way.
 
no not yet, my tools is about 20 mins away im going there tonight to get it. also can it just burn oil and a little bit of coolant? or does it normaly not burn oil?
 
Well it could leak any amount just depends on the severity of how bad the HG is.
 
well 90-90-120-150 so i think the head gasket is shot.

chris
 
well the battery wasnt totaly full im going to go and do it again after the battery has charged all night
 
ok so now i have 100-100-150-170

so this would mean a head gasket. also i lookd at my coolant is there is some missing from when i filled it up and just let it idle for about 5 mins so im thinking its leaking between 3-4 and there is something wrong with 2 also.

chris
 
Yup most likely the headgasket depending on what part you blew it can just lose oil or coolant.. if it is running that bad i wouldnt turn it on anymore you dont want to risk washing out a ring or if it is bad enough having too much water in the oil isnt good on the bearings...
 
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