Upper Intake Failure Supercharged Series 1
05-09-2004, 12:24 PM
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here r the pics i took with the phone of my intake and oil and coolant reservior and the dip stick any ideas?
05-09-2004, 03:37 PM
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wait so u r sayin i have a blown head gasket if its in the coolant?
How does the engine run? Have you lost compression? Even if it'* running well and you have compression, if you caught it early, it could be just the start of bad gasket with a small oil leak into the coolant.
Be prepared to go all the way to the heads, if you start the job yourself. It'* not that much more work to take off the heads once everything else is stripped off. It all just takes time. Better you spend the time with your own cheap labour, than fork over big bucks for a dealer to do.
I will give you a chance to clean things up and maybe even upgrade while you're at it.
05-09-2004, 09:35 PM
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Kenn, did you tell them about the overheating 1st? Did you ge t the thermostat?
It probably is your head gasket.
Exactly how hot did it get :?: ...and for how long :?:
Now you know what happens if you continue to drive when the engine temp. gauge is trying to tell you....stop...stop...right ***kin now
05-09-2004, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000SilverBullet
Kenn, did you tell them about the overheating 1st? Did you ge t the thermostat?
It probably is your head gasket.
Exactly how hot did it get :?: ...and for how long :?:
Now you know what happens if you continue to drive when the engine temp. gauge is trying to tell you....stop...stop...right ***kin now
he was telling me this before everything else happned. he told me it was the thermostat and his fan stopped working or something.
05-09-2004, 10:10 PM
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like I told him previously, hes not for sure it is oil in the coolant resivor. After a long time coolant can oxidize and get a icky brown color if he drained his coolant and had no separation it probably doesnt have a head gasket leak, but if there is oil/coolant separation then its most likely head gasket leak.
But if you look at cars with lack of maintence the coolant resivors tend to have that brownish color in the there.
But if you look at cars with lack of maintence the coolant resivors tend to have that brownish color in the there.