Oil sucked into intake?
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I just had to change my spark plugs, completely fouled out but did NOT see any oil in them. so can finding oil in your plugs diffrenciate between a valve seal problem and a head gasket problem???
As far as COOLANT, my problem has been going on for like im gonna say over a month and has used a lil coolant. the coolant is not muddy looking. its blue.
valve stem seals? head gasket? any leads to which one?
As far as COOLANT, my problem has been going on for like im gonna say over a month and has used a lil coolant. the coolant is not muddy looking. its blue.
valve stem seals? head gasket? any leads to which one?
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I would point more to valve stem seals then, if your coolant still looks good. That would be an indication of a healthy headgasket. You could also have blow-by from piston rings. Have you done a compression check?
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thankz for the feed back man,
I have had 3 people look at my car,(trying to get a more of an idea before i let some mechanic take advantage of me) 1 said valve seals , 1 says head gasket, 1 says it could be either one.
I am getting a compression check sunday 10/25 which is the soonest i am not at work and my friend can get the machine to his house. so from there if it doesnt read right i guess its a head gasket prob? but if not valve seals seem likely.
ugh, head gasket prob seems so expensive.
what should a proper compression test read on my 96 avenger 4cylinder 2.0 dohc?
i'm sure my friends know but i was just wondering myself before i go over there.
I have had 3 people look at my car,(trying to get a more of an idea before i let some mechanic take advantage of me) 1 said valve seals , 1 says head gasket, 1 says it could be either one.
I am getting a compression check sunday 10/25 which is the soonest i am not at work and my friend can get the machine to his house. so from there if it doesnt read right i guess its a head gasket prob? but if not valve seals seem likely.
ugh, head gasket prob seems so expensive.
what should a proper compression test read on my 96 avenger 4cylinder 2.0 dohc?
i'm sure my friends know but i was just wondering myself before i go over there.
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If you were having headgasket issues, you would have milky oil or muddy coolant. You would also be experiencing temperature/overheating issues.
Your compression numbers should be relatively close together, ie:175-165-160-175 or 195-190-185-180. What you do not want to see is 165-125-115-180.
Your compression numbers should be relatively close together, ie:175-165-160-175 or 195-190-185-180. What you do not want to see is 165-125-115-180.
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Well, not once has my temp overheated, it stays right there in the middle always, tho everything seems so freaking hot under my hood. but i dont know if thats normal, i mean i know everything gets hot.
only used a lil coolant in over a month, not very much,
i did see yesterday when i had to feed my car oil, a lil milky substance on the bottom of the oil cap. I either have just noticed it or it just started happening, and I have had a few ppl like i said check over my oil and talk about head gasket probs so i would think one of us would have noticed it before just now.
thankz for the numbers so I can get a good idea what to look out for.
only used a lil coolant in over a month, not very much,
i did see yesterday when i had to feed my car oil, a lil milky substance on the bottom of the oil cap. I either have just noticed it or it just started happening, and I have had a few ppl like i said check over my oil and talk about head gasket probs so i would think one of us would have noticed it before just now.
thankz for the numbers so I can get a good idea what to look out for.
