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Worried that I blew my head gasket 700

posted by  Moustacio on  Tue Nov 29 20:28 CST 2016
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Hi all,

I have a stock 1988 740 turbo with lh 2.2, b230ft, with around 240,000 miles. Tow truck just dropped it off for me.

The car feels like it is running on 3 cylinders and drove and ran very similarly to my old Camaro when I blew its head gasket. I was on the highway for about ten miles then the car started surging and running really rough. I pulled off the freeway and the car would idle at around 750 rpm but didn't like to accelerate, stumbled, and ran very poorly.

Tommorow I will check the oil and coolant reservoir for contamination, rent a compression tester, and go through things like cap, rotor, spark plug wire resistance. But I would defiantly appreciate any ideas or suggestions on what else to check or look for.

Also earlier today I bridged the positive terminal in my alternator and made a big spark. Is it possible that this could have fried something?

Thank you for reading and thank you for any ideas or suggestions you may have.






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