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new head gasket?

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kikkinbac

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May 14, 2005
hampshire, Illinois
I just bought my dsm like 2 weeks ago. I decided to change the oil since i don't know when it was last done. I got under the car and there is oil every where and it is fresh. I then drained the oil and it is green tinted. I had my dsm at mitsu for an unrelated problem earlier today. The tech told me that alot of the head gaskets leak at certain points. The car has 136k on it (yeah i know thats alot). I believe that the head gasket has never been changed. The antifreeze was not overly dark when i drained that, to change it. It was darker then new antifreeze though. The only thing i can think is that there is a leak somewhere in the head gasket between the water jacket and some oil hole. My question is does this make sense or could it be some kind of other problem, that is common to dsms, that i do not know about? Any help is apprecited. I am absolutely in love with the car and want nothing more then to get it running at peak performance.
 
how does the car run now?
does the car-
1.over heat
2.poor idle
3.run rough
4.lose coolant
5. loss of power
as for the oil leak,wash the motor off and look at the motor every day after you drive it and you should be able to tell where the oil is coming from :thumb:
 
it does all of the above minus loose coolant guess i get the fun and joy of replacing my head gasket woohoo and that was my plan for the leak thanks for info
 
And i would change the rings since you said that you had oil on you uicp then your engine definitaly has blowby good luck on the rebuild :thumb:
 
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