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Last year car ran hot repaired head gasket then a few months later car would not start How can you tell if gasket is blown or in need of more repair?
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Run a compression test. If the compression is up across all cylinders, you don't have a problem with your head gasket that would keep you from running. Any time an engine won't run, go back to the basics: Comprssion, Fuel and Ignition. If you have all three, it should run.
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