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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 23 2012, 01:31 PM (827 Views) | |
| Rustyss73 | Jul 23 2012, 01:31 PM Post #1 |
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im gussing a blown head gasket what do you guys think..? there oil in my coolent rezivor and i have to add oil to it after a couple days but no signs of leaking. i did a comprestion teast and i had 150 in first 180 in second and third cyilenders.. any thoughts..? |
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| Good bye | Jul 24 2012, 12:36 AM Post #2 |
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Is there oil in the radiator also? Does it smoke out the tailpipe? Is there any water in the oil, butterscotch color oil? We need more info. |
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| PA.metro,fixer,frames,ect | Jul 24 2012, 01:29 AM Post #3 |
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If also in rad, its head gasket time....do once not twice,while have head off,replace all valves,deck and clean .a a machine shop can do both for you... |
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| Shinrin | Jul 24 2012, 01:58 AM Post #4 |
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Most likely a bad head gasket. The cheap and easy would be to replace the gasket and give the oil and coolant a very good flushing. The better method would be to take it to a machine shop to be sure the block/head isn't damaged or warped.
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| Memphis metro | Jul 24 2012, 04:24 AM Post #5 |
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I would flush out the coolant resevoir and the cooling system and refill and drive it keeping a look on it to see if it contaminates again. Is this a manual or automatic transmission? With those compression numbers I would be slow to tear it down and vigilant in making sure it needed it and is indeed leaking oil into the coolant. While I do agree adding oil every couple of days is abnormal and you very well may have a gasket issue since you see no leaks. Adding that much oil, it would be smoking like a freight train if it were going out the exhaust pipe. How much oil are you adding to it? |
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| rydholm11211 | Jul 24 2012, 07:27 AM Post #6 |
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If it were me I would just do a complete rebuild? How many miles on the engine? |
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| Rustyss73 | Jul 31 2012, 04:01 PM Post #7 |
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milage of the motor is un known there wasent a speedo in the car i pulled the motor out of and i cleaned the resivior and it got oil in it again and there tiny lil bit of oil on the radiator cap but coolent looks green and its a auto. i was told it smokes a lil bit but i cant see it in my mirriors.. and its like a quart evry 2 weeks or so. im gussing. i am betting on head gasket it did get over heated a couple times befor i disisembeled the radiator and power washed it to clean it out best i can hope for is its just the head gasket but hopeing its not worped or cracked on the head or block i still have the old motor with a bad valve Edited by Rustyss73, Jul 31 2012, 04:07 PM.
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| Rustyss73 | Jul 31 2012, 04:08 PM Post #8 |
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no coolent in the oil.. |
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| hoodoo | Jul 31 2012, 06:01 PM Post #9 |
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Well, it is probably a head gasket...but... that's what mech. & I thought with coolant water in oil - (link below) 2 head gaskets later, (oh, no signs of seepage between block and head either time) do a rebuild with a flux? that did not catch cracked head, again, pull now re-man head, and do water pressure test that finds crack,...like chasing ghosts. buy used head, re-machine... now in for 3 days and 200 miles...we shall see. So, it is probably a gasket - but how do you easily check for cracked head? Hmm, carefully take the head off and see if the gasket has leaks/channels/burns/passages - So, if lucky & signs of leakage, & flat deck/block, and since you're in there, valve sleeves/seals, and CAM sensor? at least? http://geometroforum.com/topic/4777258/1/#new |
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| Rustyss73 | Aug 1 2012, 01:15 PM Post #10 |
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no cam sensor its a 93 |
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| Woodie | Aug 2 2012, 04:20 AM Post #11 |
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ALL Metros had a cam sensor. I see no reason to replace it though. |
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there oil in my coolent rezivor and i have to add oil to it after a couple days but no signs of leaking.
i did a comprestion teast and i had 150 in first 180 in second and third cyilenders.. any thoughts..?




Most likely a bad head gasket. The cheap and easy would be to replace the gasket and give the oil and coolant a very good flushing. The better method would be to take it to a machine shop to be sure the block/head isn't damaged or warped.

9:40 AM Jul 11