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Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. [message #220905]

Mon, 02 September 2013 16:46

Broham

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Location: Detroit, Michigan

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Hello all!

Near the end of my 1500 mile trip I started having problems. The engine started to knock so I eased off the power, it stopped knocking and it seamed fine. I drove another 15 miles into Houston and when I got off the freeway it over heated. I did an inspection and this is what I found:

Almost no coolant in the radiator
Wet exhaust
Very hard to start
The block was wet above the right rear exhaust port
The right inner tire was wet with coolant
When allowed to cool, the engine was hard to start but seamed to run fine I didn't let it run long enough to overheat because no coolant.

A little back story about the engine:
I found paper work showing it was replace 15k miles ago by a dealer at 70+k miles in 1993
Engine burns 1 quart every 250-300 miles
Engine runs ruff with miss for for 60 seconds then smooths out

I am very handy but don't have all my tools with me so my question is, how can I tell if it is a head gasket or an intake gasket? Would a compression tester tell the difference?

Second question is if it is a head gasket, who should I take it to in Houston?

Thank you everyone!

Todd

Todd Owner of a 1976 Eleganza II 26’ other toys: 93 Vette 84 Goldwing and gone but not forgotten 72 CB750 Chopper 96 Caprice Classic 34 Ford roadster 94 Fleetwood

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		Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Mon, 02 September 2013 16:46
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Dennis S on Mon, 02 September 2013 16:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: James Hupy on Mon, 02 September 2013 17:20
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Otterwan on Mon, 02 September 2013 17:18
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Ken Burton on Mon, 02 September 2013 18:18
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Matt Colie on Mon, 02 September 2013 18:45
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: C Boyd on Mon, 02 September 2013 20:11
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: John Sharpe on Mon, 02 September 2013 20:22
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: A Hamilto on Mon, 02 September 2013 20:52
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: kerry pinkerton on Mon, 02 September 2013 20:22
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Charley on Mon, 02 September 2013 21:16
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Mon, 02 September 2013 23:18
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Matt Colie on Tue, 03 September 2013 09:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Jeff Marten on Tue, 03 September 2013 10:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: emerystora on Tue, 03 September 2013 10:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: jaholland on Tue, 03 September 2013 10:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: willietrucker on Tue, 03 September 2013 17:53
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Charley on Tue, 03 September 2013 10:59
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Tue, 03 September 2013 14:25
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Tue, 03 September 2013 14:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: James Hupy on Tue, 03 September 2013 14:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Mr ERFisher on Tue, 03 September 2013 14:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Tue, 03 September 2013 16:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: powerjon on Tue, 03 September 2013 16:52
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Dennis S on Tue, 03 September 2013 17:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: James Hupy on Tue, 03 September 2013 17:43
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: A Hamilto on Tue, 03 September 2013 17:03
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Matt Colie on Tue, 03 September 2013 19:24
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Tue, 03 September 2013 20:38
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: kerry pinkerton on Tue, 03 September 2013 19:51
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Tue, 03 September 2013 20:55
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Dennis S on Tue, 03 September 2013 21:07
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: USAussie on Tue, 03 September 2013 21:17
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: jhbridges on Wed, 04 September 2013 10:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 04 September 2013 22:01
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Devin on Tue, 03 September 2013 22:32
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Charley on Thu, 05 September 2013 10:04
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Sat, 07 September 2013 21:25
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Broham on Sun, 13 October 2013 17:59
		Re: Head gasket or intake gasket???? Help in Houston. By: Matt Colie on Sun, 13 October 2013 20:31

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