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Car was low on coolant, topped off and did oil change. Low on coolant again. Started having smoky startups, sat for a week and blew a large cloud. Last two start ups were cold starts and sounded super weak, about half the sound as normal.
car has 56 K miles 2009, could I be horribly unlucky with headbolts?
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8887862[/url]]Car was low on coolant, topped off and did oil change. Low on coolant again. Started having smoky startups, sat for a week and blew a large cloud. Last two start ups were cold starts and sounded super weak, about half the sound as normal.
car has 56 K miles 2009, could I be horribly unlucky with headbolts?
Here’s a cool pic at least
Any coolant in the oil (or vice versa)? Could do a cooling system pressure test to confirm the issue but sounds pretty clear cut unfortunately.
Car was low on coolant, topped off and did oil change. Low on coolant again. Started having smoky startups, sat for a week and blew a large cloud. Last two start ups were cold starts and sounded super weak, about half the sound as normal.
car has 56 K miles 2009, could I be horribly unlucky with headbolts?
It’s in a friends shop right now, having no mixing of oil and coolant is what made me confused but we’ll see.
A visual inspection of the oil doesn't give you the complete picture. It could seem like there is no mixing to you but a lab analysis of the oil will show otherwise.
Hopefully nothing else was damaged and your friend's shop can get you back on the road without issue.
It’s in a friends shop right now, having no mixing of oil and coolant is what made me confused but we’ll see.
just because a head gasket is blown doesn’t automatically mean coolant and oil will be mixing. It could be blown in a way where coolant enters the chambers but not in the oil passage way.
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