Head Gasket itself is the same from 1987-1996 so it doesn't matter. Just got gasket set for the truck.
Simple method... get some carb cleaner or starting fluid. With the engine running, spray the area where the intake manifold gasket is. If you experience sudden bursts of increased RPMs, you have an intake manifold gasket issue.
Gasket between engine block and cylinder head
If the engine is run while the gasket is blown, the engine will overheat and eventually blow or seize up. If the gasket blew and engine was soon after turned off, there may be no further damage to the engine. Replacement of the gasket can get this engine in working condition.
If you get a new engine it will have a new head gasket
Sure you CAN, but if you do continue to run an engine with a blown head gasket you will destroy the engine. Do not run any engine with a blown head gasket or you will be buying a new engine.
The manifold gasket is the same as the plenum gasket. The manifold gasket is a barrier between the manifold and the engine block.
No. You can have the head gasket replaced. This is unless you kept driving the car with a blown head gasket and have totally destroyed the engine.
Sure it will start with a blown head gasket. But, if you continue to run this engine with a blown head gasket you will destroy the engine.
The most common cause of a blown head gasket is an over heating engine. Low coolant or coolant not circulating through the engine causes the engine to heat up and the gasket to fail.
Normally it will last the life of the engine. However if the engine overheats the gasket can be ruined immediately.
No the engine is not ruined. It needs a new head gasket and an oil change after the gasket been changed.
Let the engine overheat will normally blow the head gasket.