headgasket

[Bryan Hoytema]

what are some of the things to watch for to see when your head gasket might be going ,

[kevin derhouson]

over heating, sludge in the oil, white smoke from the exhaust

[Marke Bailey]

coolant will start to fill the overflow, especially after WOT runs.

[Jason Harwood]

run the car with the rad cap off, you'll see bubbling.

[Jordan Kruger]

I worked right around the corner from your house the other day. Saw the car parked on the road.  Is the car acting up ?

[Bryan Hoytema]

haha sweet um just the coolant overflow is "draining"? and changing my oil the other day noticed my upper coolant hose was squeezing its self together from the vacumme that was beeing created from the "loss" of coolant , so when I opened my fill cap it released and could tell there was a shitload of coolant gone ,:/

[Brett Haviland]

If your system is pulling into a vacuum that's not right.  The rad cap should open up and allow coolant to be pulled back in from the overflow tank as it cools.   Check/replace your rad cap and also the hose that goes from the nipple to the overflow tank for blockage...


Then pressure test it for leaks... If there are any


The best way to check for a headgasket leak is to use a gas analyzer to check for hydrocarbons in ur coolant

[Cole MacDonald]

I have definitely had a crappy rad cap make the coolant overflow tank overflow and look like I had a bad headgasket. Got a new cap and all was good. I have also now blown two headgaskets the same way, pushing coolant out the overflow. The teal laser is getting a new headgasket this winter. Hopefully yours is just the cap!!

[Brett Haviland]

yeah usually a blown DSM headgasket will show itsslef by pushing coolant out the overflow... WAYYYY before it will actually allow coolant into the oil or cylinders.

[Bryan Hoytema]

ok good Ill give em' a check ! thanks

[Jordan Kruger]

have a glance where the water pipe connects to the water pump too. The Oring may be toast
Also check the waterlines connected to the turbo, they may leak.

With my engine bay reaching stupid temps, the coolant leak issues ive had have rarely left a puddle  and mostly evaporated. I just had to fix my water pipe due to a crack on the weld to the mounting tab. All I saw was a bit of steam. It drained the rez in no time too.