checked out my overflow bottle this morning and there was some light brownish liquid in it, not sure if its oil or not. i took some pictures but im at school right now but i will post it once i get home.

 

Great, your head gasket is probably dying.

Congrats

 

Is your car over heating or feeling really sluggish?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DFW &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but wouldnt the car be over heating and be real sluggish?</TD></TR></TABLE>

My head gasket was blown and I never overheated, even when I saw that my block was covered in coolant, I still drove the bitch 5 miles home and she never overheated

Also, is the bottle getting full? Or is it at its normal level?

 

When is the last time you checked it? Sounds like you need a flush to me.

 

Removed the bolt behind your exhaust manifold on your block and flush your coolant.

 

the bottle is at normal level and theres no coolant anywhere on my block/leaking. oh and there was only a little bit of brown in the bottle. couldve of been just dirt...

what are other symptons should i be checking for?

 

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ill try that when i get home, hopefully i just needed to flush the coolant

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ratboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the bottle is at normal level and theres no coolant anywhere on my block/leaking. oh and there was only a little bit of brown in the bottle. couldve of been just dirt...

what are other symptons should i be checking for?

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Probably dirt then. My coolant was completely brown when I first got it because my dad hadn't changed it in years

If a HG is leaking, then the coolant level will rise. If its at the normal level, you'll be just fine. Just flush it out with some new stuff.

 

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Probably dirt then. My coolant was completely brown when I first got it because my dad hadn't changed it in years

If a HG is leaking, then the coolant level will rise. If its at the normal level, you'll be just fine. Just flush it out with some new stuff.</TD></TR></TABLE>

how much will the coolant rise? is it very noticable level or not? also when i cleaned out the bottle the brown was only at the bottom and it was barley any. but yeah ill check the bottle again once i get home and flush the coolant. thanks

 

If your HG is blown/leaking it will rise to the top in a matter of days.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BauleyCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If your HG is blown/leaking it will rise to the top in a matter of days.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i filled it up to the part that saids "max" which is about half way. when i got to school it was right at that point or 1cm higher, should i worry about that?

 

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i filled it up to the part that saids "max" which is about half way. when i got to school it was right at that point or 1cm higher, should i worry about that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wait a few days and see where its at...

 

 

BOOM!

 

ughh that does look like oil was mixing. You may have a problem.

 

Your piston rings is in bad condition...

 

overfill bottle is at a normal level, car is not overheating, doesnt feel diff in performance, will get compression test next

 

When I blew my head gasket the overflow bottle had this weird sludge stuff all around the sides...

It didn't look like that though, I could easily see that it was oil in the coolant... I would just keep an eye on your coolant level...

 

white smoke out exhaust or coolant over flow=blown head gasket
oil in coolant=worn piston rings+blown head gasket
black smoke out exhaust=worn piston rings

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by H-T &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">white smoke out exhaust or coolant over flow=blown head gasket
oil in coolant=worn piston rings+blown head gasket
black smoke out exhaust=worn piston rings
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no smoke here

 

Oil and water dont mix well so you should be able to tell. Also check your oil. If it looks like rotten chocolate milk then you know the problem.

 

let you car completely warm up, and then shut off, and take off your valve cover..

if you see milky ****, then something is definally wrong.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jordo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">let you car completely warm up, and then shut off, and take off your valve cover..

if you see milky ****, then something is definally wrong.

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k ill try that next.

i just made a couple of full boost runs, checked coolant/oil level and they looked perfect. and car pulled normal

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ratboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">k ill try that next.

i just made a couple of full boost runs, checked coolant/oil level and they looked perfect. and car pulled normal</TD></TR></TABLE>

if the car is still hott, just check under the oil cap for ANY white slush.