what are the symptoms? is it over heating? is the oil mixing with coolant or vice versa?

Answered by jacksprat
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You can use a chemical tester which you can rent at auto zone to see if you have a head gasket or cracked head issue.

Answered by saturntech9 (expert)
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its not over heating but i can see coolant come out the passenger everytime some one revs the car and i can smell it

Response from ray9191
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If you don't have any water in your oil and vise versa auto zone also has a compression checker you can borrow to check the compression of each cylinder.

Answered by M_H_RITZEL (expert)
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Where does compression come into play here?There talking about coolant.To find a blown head gasket you use a chemical tester to see if exhaust gases are entering the coolant from a bad head gasket.Where is the coolant coming from when you rev it up?If its just leaking coolant then i would use a coolant pressure tester to pressurize the cooling system.If you think its leaking coolant externally because of a bad head gasket or something like a cracked head you can use a cylinder leak down tester.I have used those to find exhaust ports leaking coolant from bad heads etc.

Answered by saturntech9 (expert)
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here is a pictue where it leaks from

Response from ray9191
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What size engine do you have?

Answered by saturntech9 (expert)
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it is 3.8l v6 3800 series

Response from ray9191
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I see what your saying, After reading post again realized it was running all right just leaking fluid. Had one that kept missing from crack in cylinder wall.

Answered by M_H_RITZEL (expert)
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Yeah it does not over heat it just leaks and makes a little grinding but I replace the intake about 3 years ago this all started when my friend floored it going around a coroner

Response from ray9191
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