[s-cars] No love? Uh oh - Headgasket failure?

[Ed Walsh]

I hear ya, Bob.

But then, when under boost, wouldn't the fuel/air
charge and resulting exhaust get pushed back through
said passage?  This would contaminate the coolant,
making it smelly and oily.  No?

One other sidebar... I just came back from the car,
where it has been siting unused for 2 hours.  Today in
NE, it is only in the high 60's, yet when I unscrewed
the coolant reservoir cap, pressure was released (a
pretty good amount) to atmosphere.  Although
completely unscientific, that would indicate that
coolant isn't seeping into the cylinders....At least
not at a rate to support the vast quantity of vapor
that billows from the tailpipe upon a cold start.

Funny thing is I couldn’t see any type of coolant
lines running to the turbo, only oil lines....

Again thanks for any advice!

Ed

--- bob.rossato at att.net wrote:
>
> > Still no oil in the coolant and no coolant in the
> oil.
> >  I think that it is typical to see either/both
> with a
> > HG failure.  Still boosting fine. Still not
> > overheating.....
>
> Not necessarily.  The head gasket could have a leak
> path between the water jacket and a cylinder that is
> not necessarily connected to the oil jacket.  That's
> not to say it may not eventually spread.
>
> Bob


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