Sentences with phrase «like head gasket»

@zhang - What if the new gasket (like head gasket) is of different thickness than the original?

Sounds like the head gasket A blown head gasket may cause a number of different symptoms.

I agree it sounds like a head gasket leak.

IMO, it sounds like a head gasket, but there is no way of knowing unless the engine is taken apart.

Update # 4 Rented a block tester, looks like the head gasket is good.

Sounds like a head gasket leak if the car is leaking gas DO NOT drive it if the gas is hitting the exhaust it will catch fire.

Not exact matches

IF you know things like piston dish volume, head combustion chamber volume, head gasket thickness, you can calculate this volume.

Your problem, like you said, could be the cooler, a head gasket leak, or a crack somewhere... I would put them in this order of probability, though.

What looks and acts like a blown head gasket, resulting in coolant in the cylinder, when the head gasket is fine?

If milk - like oil ends up in the radiator despite replacing the head gasket, it is likely that the head itself has warped due to overheating, allowing oil to leak into the coolant channels.

I feel like I wasn't confident enough of the combustion gases in the block were of a sufficient volume for a small head gasket leak that we suspected.

I've seen what a blown head gasket looks like this wasn't looking the case.

I don't think there's any reason to suspect a head gasket right off the bat like that.

Like you said THE COOLANT MUST BE GOING SOMEWHERE and it's not on the passenger floorboard or the ground so it's being eaten up somewhere in the engine (head gasket).

Might want to suggest a second opinion: a mechanic that recommends a new engine for what sounds a lot like a blown head gasket is troubling.

If there is oil in the coolant (looks like mud or creamy mayo) this usually indicates issues with the head gasket and / or cylinder head.

I have had to do a few repairs like replace the head gasket's and the timing belt and it's going in for New struts tomorrow.

The head gasket is one place but there may be another place like an oil - water heat exchanger.

To answer the question - moot at this point for you I'm sure, but this is a Question and Answer site after all - What looks and acts like a blown head gasket, resulting in coolant in the cylinder, when the head gasket is fine: cracked head warped head improperly torqued ore loose head bolts (torque them down in a pattern) missing parts (o - rings, dowel pins,...

It sounds like a bad head gasket if everything else is in working order.

Like Vs boxers are more complex that straight engines, having 2 cylinder heads with associated head gaskets, exhaust manifolds etc., and double the number of camshafts, more complex camshaft chains or belts and more complex cooling.

Anyway, to sum up, head gasket failure is more common but intake gasket failure is the only other way exhaust could smell like coolant, especially if oil and coolant aren't mixing.

Afterwards it developed a curious «ticking» sound like you described, and it made it about 3 or 4 months before the head gasket blew while on the highway.

Overheating can have some severe side effects, and in the worse cases things like blown head gaskets can occur.

Base on what you've described, it sounds like you may have a leaking cylinder head gasket.

It sounds like you blew a head gasket or broke the timing belt.

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