2007-07-04 08:35:06 · 8 answers · asked by Robert M 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Depending on where it is blown the symptoms will include Oil in the coolant, coolant in the oil, oil or coolant externally leaking, white smoke, engine runs rough/not at all, ect. If it runs, have a compression check performed if you still are not sure from the other symptoms, could also be a cracked head/block as well, not necessarily a head gasket. Good luck!
2007-07-04 08:44:21 · answer #1 · answered by Jr. Mechanic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you check the water in the radiator and the resiviour and fill it up, run it around for a while like a hour or 2. After that if you look at the hose's to and from the radiator and there are no leaks. After the radiator loses compression, about 1 hour later, check it. If it's low, you have a bad head gasket. What a bad head gasket means is generally you have water going into your pistions and mixing with the fuel. It causes overheating of the engine at first and if it is not fixed you will get a cracked head or worse.
2007-07-04 08:51:05 · answer #2 · answered by craigcnnll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your oil to see if it has water in it, check your antifreeze to see if it has oil in it. When you push down on the gas do you get tons of blue smoke? If you have the hood up and hear a rythmic push of air by the heads. All are signs of a blown head gasket, and indications of where it is blown
2007-07-04 08:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by Pengy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engine Overheating
Excess pressure in radiator header tank( Take care when unscrewing cap or you could be scalded by escaping steam-,unscrew a little at a time allowing the pressure to reduce before finally removing cap)
Steam and water droplets coming from exhaust pipe
Misfiring and lack of power.
Water in the engine oil,turns it a grey or dark brown colour,check on dipstick.
These are most of the indicators,hope it helps
2007-07-04 08:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by teedee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 engine overheating 2 white smoke at tail pipe. 3 .oil has a milky color 4. raditator fluid has oil floating in it, 5 lose of power 6. steam coming from engine bay. 7 .rough idling . Steam coming from a tail pipe can also be from corn gas which is used in the summer in alot of sates. Which gives a cleaner burn and a byproduct is a heavy condensation.
2007-07-04 08:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by miiiikeee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all great answers,but if you havent noticed all the steam comming from your tailpipe,you probably wont know for sure until the tow truck guy tells u whats wrong.good luck.
2007-07-04 09:55:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oil on your dipstick looks milkey.
2007-07-04 08:42:53 · answer #7 · answered by pureevilpopstar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SMOKE and lots of it
2007-07-04 08:38:46 · answer #8 · answered by import guy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋