hey guys,

I just came back from driving the car like for 15mins, when i got home and open the hood, i noticed that my top radiator hose has swollen up, its hugeeeee, its like almost to blow up ..... also when its not doing this, sometimes the overflow bottle would be all the way full

could this be from a blown headgasket ??

help ...

 

most likely a blown headgasket

 

anyone else like to share their opinions please

im hoping its not my headgasket

 

do this

when is your engine is cold

open the radiator cap
start up the engine and let it idle
if coolant flys out , your headgasket is poopie

 

blown headgasket

mine did the same thing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Quad-Damage &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">blown headgasket

mine did the same thing</TD></TR></TABLE>

was ur car smoking hardcore every now and then when it had blown headgasket ???

 

might just be a old and bad radiator hose

 

radiator cap isnt letting excess coolant overflow into reservoir....change that....

 

I've had that happen when my radiator hose gets old, just had to replace the hose.

 

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same here...

 

if the hose is soft and feels like it balloned out its usually from oil....oil softens the hose and then it expands...do you have oil in your coolant?

 

if it was hard as a rock then it is your headgasket

 

my cap was smoking bad after 10 mins, pulled the head, gasket was gone, it happens

 

ok so how can you tell whether you have a blown headgasket or a sunken sleeves ??

im just hoping that hopefully it aint one of my sleeves dropped. ...

thanks

 

Do you have oil, gray sludge around the radiator cap, or black bits of crud in your coolant?

Also do compression and leak down tests, that should tell you how healthy your motor is.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by C-Westin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok so how can you tell whether you have a blown headgasket or a sunken sleeves ??

im just hoping that hopefully it aint one of my sleeves dropped. ...

thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

If your sleeves moved then your HG is probably blown, that is just one way to break the HG seal. you should find out what caused the HG to blow if thats the case... the only real way to know it's your sleeves is by checking the deck and make sure the sleeves are flush with the block deck.

I would start by checking to see if oil/water mixed anywhere, if thats ok then replace the hose.