2007-08-28 10:28:38 · 6 answers · asked by boski 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
#1 cause of blown head gaskets is engine thats been ran too hot (overheating).
Once the gasket blows, it will keep running hotter and hotter.. If left un fixed, it will then cause the head and or block to crack.
Or fill the chamber up with coolant and hydrolock the engine. Bending the rod, breaking piston, damaging the bore, etc etc
With a blown head gasket you can can one or all of these signs.
Sweet smelling white steam out the exhaust pipe.
Water mixed in with you oil.. (looks like a milk shake)
Oil mixed in with your coolant
Coolant bubbling in the over flow bottle or rad.
Blowing the outlet rad. hose off from engine or rad.
2007-08-28 12:10:07 · answer #1 · answered by chevyraceman_383 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd be skeptical with regard to the 60k or 100k+ figures on those engines. that's basically yet another used engine and yet for the pinnacle gasket leak yours is as good or extra constructive. i'd get the suitable value on the gasket interest with milling the surfaces and additionally a particular parent just to get rid of the pinnacle for inspection. If the pinnacle is cracked that's advisable to bail. the different determination would be to get a distinctive vehicle. If it have been a clean engine, ok, yet those engines are an unknown--maximum probable to the mechanic besides. while they start up coming down in value based on the commonplace of the engine, you will extra constructive run considering the fact which you will get an entire engine at a picknpull or different junkyard for under some hundred money. that's precisely what they're going to do, pocketing almost the whole $2500-3000. it actual relies upon on basically how good the engine grew to become into previously the gasket. Did it burn oil? you keep asserting how reliable it grew to become into--yet they are all reliable previously they break down!
2016-12-16 07:06:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes in most cases it does...and they get ultra hot very very fast
Most blown head gaskets are caused by cooling system and or transmition problems which caused the engine to get too hot...
a bad thermostat, water pump, or radiator ... or even just the coolant being to low can cause it to happen
Walt
2007-08-28 13:13:47 · answer #3 · answered by Ronk W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...this just happened to my wife's car in July.
A blow head gasket is pretty much the end of the car's life...that is unless the car is worth the expense of replacing the engine.
2007-08-28 10:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes. and overheating is what causes you to blow the gasket. and it will continue to over heat, if your not sure if you blew your gasket you can check your oil and it will look greyish and milky if you did.
2007-08-28 10:34:18 · answer #5 · answered by pooh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's one of the symptoms yes.
2007-08-28 10:32:21 · answer #6 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋