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Posted by Joe98 (more from Joe98) on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:56:12
In Reply to: Joe98 - What happened w/ Head Gasket issue?, Todd98CSE, Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:44:49
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Life's been real busy lately. Haven't had time to check this board.
To tell the truth, I did nothing and the condition went away. What I noticed was that I had just done an oil change, and upon start-up, there was blue smoke coming from the tailpipe. This was just after the car's idler pulley sheared off, causing the serp belt to fall off and the engine to *almost* over-heat. I had posted about the possibility of a failed hg due to what had just happened. But the more I thought about it, the more it didn't appear to be a failed hg.
There was no sign of oil in the coolant or vice-versa, shining a light down the spark plug holes showed no signs of oil or coolant leakage into the cylinders, and the engine was running strong.
Personally, I think the oil change was a factor, and possibly the new oil was leaking passed the valve stem seals. It seems it had been 10K miles since my last oil change (I use synthetic, and all my driving is long highway commutes). Maybe the engine liked the old oil and the new stuff was just thin enough to slip passed the seals.
In any event, everything seems fine now (except for my CEL due to a lazy O2 sensor).
Thanks for asking!
Joe
'98 138K
'93 900TC 163K
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