remove the radiator cap and start engine. if you see foam and bubble, pretty good bet that it's cracked. also look for antifreeze on the oil dipstick.
Those are signs of a blown head gasket or a cracked cylinder head.
Loss of coolant with no visible leak. White smoke out the exhaust. Excess pressure and bubbles in radiator.
A machine shop may be able to repair the head but my advice is to replace a cracked head.
To tell if the head is cracked, you have to remove it from the car, so you will replace the head gasket, anyway. Take the head to a machine shop and have it magnafluxed to see if it's cracked.
how can you tell if the head is cracked from the exhaust side
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Some symptoms include: Cracked Head, blood, hurt hurt, death, super strength, no judgment.. Where on your head has it cracked?
Blown head gasket, cracked head, or cracked block.
well one way to tell is if the oil is a milky color..... that means the oil is mixed with your antifreeze
A car can be driven with a cracked head, but not very far. Once the head is cracked, the engine will start mixing oil and water and it is likely that the motor will lock up.
A cracked/warped head, Blown head gasket, cracked cylinder wall, or cracked/warped intake manifold.
You can't fix a cracked head unless you can weld. it must be replaced with a new head.