Corvette smoking

Tiny
BERNARDV777
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I have a 1991 corvette convertable with 96000 miles on her I went to start it today and thick white smoke came out of the exhaust and anti freeze was dripping out of the tail pipes
Ichecked the oil and there sems to be anti freeze on the stick
How can I repair this and approx. How much will it cost
thanx,
bernardv777[/b]
Sunday, April 16th, 2006 AT 7:02 PM

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Tiny
LOSONE
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Major bucks. You have blown either a head gasket, have a cracked head or something worse. The first step is to pull the heads and see where the coolant is leaking. I suspect a cracked head on the passenger side. Thats the one that cracks most of all. Good Luck Let me know BUT DON"T DRIVE IT and drain all your engine liquids!
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006 AT 8:01 PM
Tiny
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Thank you I suspected that
have a great holiday!
Bernard
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Monday, April 17th, 2006 AT 8:49 AM

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