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head gasket failure/replacemenet 200 1989

posted by  greg_mustang on  Mon Jan 26 06:03 CST 2004
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Well I guess at 250K kilometers and 15 years, it is probably overdue as a replacement item.

I had a misterious occasional coolant "missing" problem last week.
Also once, in EXTREME cold (-45 degrees celcius) there was a smell and when openeing the hood I noticed the engine loked like it was sprayed (mist) with coolant and/or oil everywhere. oil level was a tiny bit low, coolant needed around 1 liter to fill up.

Last night I figured I'd dump the oil and see. When openning the filler cap the underside of it showed a whitish frothy mixture. The dipstick showed nothing significant. When dumping the oil, thee was a tiny bit of white swirl in it.

Q1: Could it be anything else other than coolant in the oil indicating a slight head gasket failure? Engine as always runs great, quiet, smooth, no major smoke.

Q2: Do I NEED to install new head bolts?

Q3: The A/C low side hose runs over the top of the engine. Can I get the head off without undoing the A/C hose?

Any other words of wisdom?

Thanks!
Greg Mustang
Montreal - Ottawa
Canada





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