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Quite often the fluid will mix in to the rad fluid producing a milky look.
Also look for a bubbling when the rad cap is off.
White smoke from the exhaust pipe especially at start up, engine overheating, loss of coolant with no apparent leak, overfull oil level, & a white substance on the underside of the oil fill cap.
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How do you know if its a cracked head or blown head gasket?
You will not know until your remove the head. You have to remove the head in order to replace the gasket and once you have the head removed have it magna fluxed at a machine shop. That will reveal any cracks.
What does it mean when your car oil is milky and the head gaskets are not bad?
How do you know the gasket is not bad? f you oil is milky then there is moisture mixed with the oil. This can be a blown head gasket or a warped or cracked head.
Blown head gasket 1996 BMW 328i?
what are you asking here? PLease be more specific ...like - how do I know if my head gasket is blown, or what do I do about a blown head gasket ......
How do you know if the problem is the thermostat or a blown head gasket?
perform a pressure test on the cylinders. if they don't hold pressure it's a blown head gasket
How do you know if it is a blown headgaskets?
There are several possible indications of a blown head gasket: If the head gasket is blown between adjacent cylinders there will be poor or no compression in either cylinder. Poor compression in any cylinder can be caused by a blown head gasket. That condition can also be caused by a burned valve or piston. Coolant in the crank case can be caused by a blown head gasket. Compression in the coolant can be caused by a blown head gasket. An engine with a blown head gasket usually loses performance and runs poorly or not at all.
How do you tell the difference between a blown head gasket and a cracked head on a 1995 Chevy Corisca?
The only way to know for sure, is to remove the head and have it magnafluxed. If it has either of the above in the question, the head would have to be removed anyway.
How do you know if you've blown a head gasket on a 1989 Nissan Stanza?
my head gasket was blown and it had water in the oil which made the oil look a milky color
How do you know if engine overheating has warped or cracked the heads or blown gasket?
You will have to remove the head, inspect the gasket for breaks, check the head for flatness, and have a machine shop test the head.You will have to remove the head, inspect the gasket for breaks, check the head for flatness, and have a machine shop test the head.
How do you know if you have a blown head gasket or blown head?
ckeck the oil dipstick if the oil has a color like chocolate milk the oil has water/colant in it which means the head gasket is blown and its leakin water into the engine block
How do you know if head gasket is blown on air cooled?
Do a compression test.
How do you know if you have a warped head after it blew a head gasket?
The head will need to be inspected at a machine shop. They can tell you if it is warped or cracked.
When do use steel seal?
If you have a blown head gasket. you pour it in the radiator and it's suppose to fix your blown head gasket. I've never used it so i don't know if it actually works
