i kno a couple symptoms of a blown headgasket are over heating, antifreeze in your oil, white smoke out of the exhaust..i just boosted my car and its running really rich.. and i have smoke out of my exhaust i think b/c of it running rich..and i checked my oil on the dipstick and it has some very small bubbles in it..is that antifreeze? how else can you tell?

 

anyone?

 

Air bubbles in your oil mean nothing. Now, if you can clearly see a line between oil and water on your dipstick, you have a problem

 

Just drain your oil and know for sure.

 

No doubt drain that bad boy and check.A oil change is cheap and easy and tells all.

 

so is yours overheating?

 

generally if your head gasket was blown you would notice a difference in it how it starts and runs and you would have coolant in your oil as your car would be over heating while driving....... i don't think your head gasket is blown... i've heard of alot of cars including preludes that when boosted blows some smoke out the exaust, just pay attention to all your gauges and go ahead and change your oil, won't hurt, just to make sure... other then that i wouldn't worry about it to much...

 

ok cool thanks..

 

i looked in my coolant in my rad and there is small little black dots floating around on the top..oil??

 

yeah, that sounds like oil.

usually the oil will mix with the coolant though and turn it brown.

do a compression test.

 

about what should comp be? and if it is blown how much lower will it be? its not over heating or anything and the only time its blowing smoke is when im driven..when i sit in neutral and rev it up theres no smoke

 

well your turbo could be leaky also and you could be burning oil that way.

a stock h22 should be above 190 or so, it all really depends on the tester used and altitude and such.

 

what about the h23? and if i had a leaky turbo would that expalin the oil in my antifreeze?>

 

1)near the same

2) no