My car is overheating i kinda ruled out all the rest of the reasons that it could be overheating and came to the conclusion it was the head gasket. Could someone post a pic of where the Gasket is located?? or maybe explain it to me..

Thanks a lot

 

take off the entire cylinder head.....
it's between the block, and the head. it's a lot of work. gotta take off your intake manifold, exhaust manifold, cams/gears/rockerarms/plates/valvecover/bla bla ...i'm in the process of doing it now.

 

$hit

 

do you have a digital camera? if so could you post a pic of the gasket thanks

 

the head gasket is located in your engine bay

 

how did you come to that conclusion? did you do a pressure test to check for leaks? did you test your thermostat? did you test your radiator cap (yes this could easily be the problem if it isn't presurizing the system it could boil and that isn't good)? and finally, is there white smoke coming from your exhaust? are you 100% sure it isn't any other parts? water pump isn't clogged? have you had your coolant system flushed lately? have you had your coolant system flushed ever? is there an obstruction in front of the radiator?

the head gasket isn't something you can swap out in an afternoon, it is a pretty big deal and will likely take the whole weekend if you know what you are doing. if you dont know what you are doing, it could likely take all the time you are willing to spend plus a tow truck to a shop.

with that said, the head gasket is between the head and block. honestly, if you don't know how to determine these two parts, you A) need to get a manual B) should take it to a shop to get the work done.

no offense, but a headgasket isn't a good one to start learning how to work on cars.

all that said, i really don't think your head gasket is screwed, you would see some signs from the tailpipe if this were the case.

 

If I am not experienced with fixing my car would i even be attempting to fix a head gasket??? True i have never done work on the head gasket and that is why iam asking for advice, but i have done work to my car before. Yes ive flushed the radiater, yes i checked for leaks, yes i replaced water pump and yes there is white smoke coming out of my muffler.
This is how i came to the conclusion that it is my head gasket

Thanks for the input

 

no offense was or is intended, but if you don't know where the head gasket is...

I just think, from experience that this isn't really a task that one should take if you aren't familiar with how to take things apart, start small and work your way up. but if you are good at this type of thing, and want to do it, I am not one to stand in your way.

no problem, and I really didn't mean to offend, like I said, this is a big job, esp if you don't have a lot of experience with cars.

at any rate, I wish you the best of luck.

 

thanks bro no offence taken but i like to be challenged, I am going to go to a garage and have them see if it is def the head gasket and not something else...

 

if you're not experience get someone who is to do it and assist with job...don't do it by yourself...the job can be pretty overwhelmingly tedious!

 

It sounds like it may be something other than Gasket...maybe?. Get the system pressure tested to check that there are no leaks or as the man said it will boil. White smoke coming from the exhaust could be a ton of things, i would explore all the cooling components before starting the Bstad task of stripping the head. If you do want to do it then go ahead, but make sure you have a pretty decent toolkit and be carefull to torque and re-torque otherwise you will be doing it all again very soon.

Good luck mate!