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Head Gasket Time? Posted by JB90 [Email] (#1688) [Profile/Gallery] (more from JB90) on Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:41:07 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I'm looking for some second opinions before jumping into a head gasket job. I knew I has a leak in the valve cover gasket with oil leaking in around the spark plugs, but when I opened the cover over the plugs to do the gasket I saw what looks to be coolant in the oil and the coolant was low. Then I started looking for other symptoms.
1. There is a pretty consistent oil leak which is definitely from the valve cover at a minimum but possibly more.
2. There is a definitely moisture coming out of the exhaust but not sure if it's more than normal? See photo. When it was cold I had a lot of white exhaust, but nothing to see in the summer now.
3. The coolant doesn't look super oily, maybe just dirty with a little sheen. I was assuming there would be very noticeable oil in the coolant
These symptoms are better described by looking at the head gasket folder of photos in my gallery, I will try to link to one of them at the bottom of my post. I'm not super psyched to do my first head gasket job if it's not needed, but the job does seem doable. Anything else I should be doing to confirm?
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