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Exhaust gasket problem ?
Posted by mike [Email] (more from mike) on Mon, 1 May 2006 11:08:47
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I am loosing a lot of radiator coolant, and when my car starts up there is steam/smoke coming from around the area of the exhaust manifold to head join.
My garage says that it is a leaking frost plug. Is this likely and how easy are these to replace ? If one needs replacing, is it worth doing the others ? This is on a 1995 2.3 Full Turbo.
I have also noticed that the right hand top corner of the exhaust manifold gasket seems to be delaminating (see the image in the link - area circled in red). Is this caused by the leak, or is this something else ? There seems to be an empty bolt hole in the bit of the gasket affected. Should there be something through this or is it perhaps the wrong gasket ? As far as I know, it has not been touched since the car was new.
Finally, below the gasket there is a very small oil leak near the head to block joint (marked with green). I don't know if this is related. I noticed this at least a year before the current problem.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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