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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Warped cylinder head or blown head gasket??
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<blockquote data-quote="Snowbird Tom" data-source="post: 460680" data-attributes="member: 24869"><p>If you have coolant odor in the cabin area, odds are the heater core is leaking. Additionally, you may have damp carpet on the front passenger side. A system pressure check will show if a leak is present by not being able to hold pressure for any length of time. A coolant system pressure tester will help you visually track down the leak. Autozone and others will loan one with a credit card on file. </p><p></p><p><u>Generally</u>, if the head gasket is leaking internally, you will see white smoke on startup out the tailpipe. If the engine is run after the gasket is bad, you WILL warp the head and end up in a very expensive repair situation.</p><p></p><p>ETA: a "blown" head gasket will either leak compression pressure externally or between cylinders. That means the gasket has an eroded gap in it's sealing area.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]125139[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snowbird Tom, post: 460680, member: 24869"] If you have coolant odor in the cabin area, odds are the heater core is leaking. Additionally, you may have damp carpet on the front passenger side. A system pressure check will show if a leak is present by not being able to hold pressure for any length of time. A coolant system pressure tester will help you visually track down the leak. Autozone and others will loan one with a credit card on file. [U]Generally[/U], if the head gasket is leaking internally, you will see white smoke on startup out the tailpipe. If the engine is run after the gasket is bad, you WILL warp the head and end up in a very expensive repair situation. ETA: a "blown" head gasket will either leak compression pressure externally or between cylinders. That means the gasket has an eroded gap in it's sealing area. [ATTACH type="full"]125139[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Warped cylinder head or blown head gasket??
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