What are the symptoms of a blown head gasket?

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Jan 16, 2003 | 03:39 PM

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What are the symptoms of a blown head gasket?

When you remove the oil cap while the engine is running do you get air coming out? If you do, what could the cause be? Blown headgasket, worn vavle seals, or even a stuck valve?

Jan 16, 2003 | 03:40 PM

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Re: What are the symptoms of a blown head gasket? (canuck-mx6)

Milk shake.

Jan 16, 2003 | 03:41 PM

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Re: What are the symptoms of a blown head gasket? (canuck-mx6)

Milk shake.

D'OH!

I just read your post again and from what I remember 99.9% of cars blow air...

Jan 16, 2003 | 03:45 PM

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Re: What are the symptoms of a blown head gasket? (Bbasso)

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Milk shake.

Well what if the oil is not milky or the coolant does not overflow into the overflow bottle? Does that mean that the air through the oilcap is caused by another problem?