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The smell of anti-freeze at the tail pipe (sweet, sickly smell)

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Q: How can you tell if your head gasket is leaking?
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Will antifreeze leak from the head gasket if it is a manifod leak?

If it is leaking from a bad head gasket, it is because of a bad head gasket. If it is leaking from a bad intake manifold gasket, it is because of a bad intake manifold gasket.


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My 1989 Nissan Stanza is leaking antifreeze very badly but I can not tell where from Any suggestions on where to look?

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You own a Chevy 305 it is leaking water from in between valve covers under carb near distrubutor is this a head gasket?

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Can you smell a coolant leak at the head gasket?

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