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Old 09-27-2007, 11:41 PM   #1
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Default Need to know if its a blown head gasket or crack/blown block?

Need Help ASAP!

So here is the problem, after adjusting the boost on the boost controller, i really don't know how much the boost went up to but, heres the mods i have for the car.

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2 set of boost gauge in bar and psi

So after i adjust the boost controller, i do not know how much boost it went up to, but i adjust the coarse boost all the way down, it would be counter clock that i adjust it to then i run the car the boost gauge showed it going past 20 psi, and heard the car run funny, the i adjust it clock wise just enough to not hear the rattle within the Boost Controller, after that still run shitty, so i decided to take it of permanently and i did, so on my way to work, my car started to over heat, the heat gauge went all the way up to the critical mark on the gauge, second i oil lamp came on, indicating i ran out of oil, third my radiator fuild is empty and the radiator is cold not hot, so when i pop open the radiator cap, there was white smoke coming out of it, and the radiator fuild in the bucket turn from green to white, and i check there where oil leaking and no radiator fuild, after i replenished the oil and the coolant, now the oil is stable, not leaking so much, but my radiator coolant are evaporating or burning or disappearing fast and i have to keep adding coolant to it. Could this lead to an blown head gasket, or a blown/crack block, need to know, so i can fix it....
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Old 09-28-2007, 09:59 AM   #2
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Default Re: Need to know if its a blown head gasket or crack/blown block?

take off your oil cap / drain your oil is it ice creamy?
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Old 09-28-2007, 10:19 PM   #3
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Default Re: Need to know if its a blown head gasket or crack/blown block?

so even doin that, how would i know that its blown head gasket...or block....more info plz.
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:30 PM   #4
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Usually if you have a blown head gasket your oil will be way over full and the car will blow alot of white smoke. The oil cap test will tell you if you have coolant or water in the oil. Your oil will look like a chocolate milkshake if it has water in it. Make sure your not losing the coolant while driving, check to see if your fans work also.
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don't rule out that it could be both......i hope for your sake that its only a blown gasket, but when something catastrophic like that happens check all systems, even if you find one that needs to be fixed!
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