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If you are referring to a head gasket the symptoms of a blown head gasket are.

  1. Engine overheating
  2. Loss of coolant with no apparent leak
  3. Engine oil level overfull
  4. White sweet smelling smoke from the exhaust especially at startup
  5. Possible engine miss
  6. A white or grey substance on the underside of the oil fill cap
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