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Replace the head gasket for sure. That is assuming you did not continue to drive the vehicle until you destroyed the engine internally.
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.
YES! Replace the head gasket or destroy the engine if you continue to drive it.
Remove the cylinder heads from your Chevy engine. Remove the head gasket and clean the head gasket surface. Put the new head gasket on and reverse the process.
If you remove the head then of course you replace the head gasket.Where can you get sodium silicate to fix a blown head gasket?Know that adding sodium silicate to an engine is only a temporary fix for a blown head gasket and will not permantly fix the problem. The only permanent fix is to replace the head gasket. I would never add any head gasket fix material to any engine.
Engine will possibly overheat, coolant will mix with the oil, and eventually destroy the engine. You must replace a cracked head gasket.
Take it to a mechanic nobody can tell you how to replace a head gasket over answers.com it requires someone who knows how to rebuild engines when a head gasket blows it requires the engine to be disassembled and rebuilt.
If that is the Northstar engine, yes.
In short you have to take the head off, replace the gasket/s and replace the head. You best bring it to a pro.
I believe the engine has to come out and the block has to be opened up because the head gasket is in the center
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You should replace the head gasket. This repair is critical to the better performance of the vehicle, and to prevent future damage of the engine.