White or Blue Smoke From the Exhaust: What It Actually Means
You pull out of the driveway, glance in the rearview mirror, and there it is — a cloud of smoke […]
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“Head Gasket Symptoms & Repair”
"Head Gasket Symptoms & Repair"
Milky Oil on the Dipstick: What Coolant in the Oil Actually Means
Pulling the dipstick and seeing something that looks more like a milkshake than motor oil is one of those moments
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Blown Head Gasket Overheating: Cause of the Failure, or a Symptom of It?
A climbing temperature gauge is one of the more confusing symptoms to diagnose, because it can sit on either side
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How to Test for a Blown Head Gasket: 3 Reliable Methods
Matching your symptoms to a blown head gasket is a useful starting point, but symptoms alone can point to several
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Sweet Smell From the Exhaust: What’s Actually Burning
Smell is an underrated diagnostic tool. Long before you might notice smoke or a temperature gauge creeping up, a distinct
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Signs of a Cracked Cylinder Head — and How It’s Different From a Blown Gasket
A cracked cylinder head can produce almost the exact same symptom list as a blown head gasket — white smoke,
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Rough Idle, Misfires, and Why a Head Gasket Problem Is Often One Cylinder
A head gasket has one of the toughest jobs in the engine — sealing combustion pressure, coolant, and oil simultaneously,
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What Actually Causes a Head Gasket to Fail
A head gasket has one of the toughest jobs in the engine — sealing combustion pressure, coolant, and oil simultaneously,
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Coolant Disappearing With No Puddle Underneath: Where Is It Going?
Topping off the coolant reservoir every week or two, checking under the car, and finding nothing — no drips, no
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Can You Still Drive on a Blown Head Gasket?
Short answer: sometimes, for a while — but it’s a risk, and how much risk depends heavily on which symptom
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Bubbles in the Coolant Reservoir: What the Radiator Cap Test Tells You
Of all the ways to check for a head gasket problem, watching the coolant reservoir is one of the simplest