Head Gasket Test

[Prozon]

This article is pretty interesting. Definitely an easy way to pinpoint a bad head gasket!

http://www.importtuner.com/tech/impp_1108_blown_head_gasket_diagnostic/index.html

Although there are obvious other signs too.

Enjoy!

 

[OlegWasHere]

that was in march's issue i believe.

edit:nvm autozone 25 bucks.

btw my car now only loses antifreeze once every two weeks. =/

 

[Prozon]

You can find those kits in a lot of different places. The one they used in the article was from NAPA.

:thumbs up

 

[jdmjim]

ive had good and bad luck with that thing, i remember on a camaro it never turned yellow and the it shot it out, spraying everything and everyone. car had two bad heads

 

[Prozon]

Lmao. I guess it's not a fool-proof thing, but it could still help to give you an idea if you're missing the obvious signs. (Coolant in oil, white smoke, overheating, ect ect..)

 

[superhypered]

curiously, how would coolant get in the oil in this car? My sebring, when the coolant got into the oil, that means the water pump went out, which means you're fucked (well I was anyways)

 

[thenoxus1]

Seeps through gasket into oil so it mixes. Gets milky

 

[Prozon]

Coolant and oil ports are next to eachother.

 

[superhypered]

^ i realize this. I just meant where it gets in exactly. With my old car, the water pump is inside the engine, so when it went out....... it was coffee brown :/