1999 Honda Accord Head Gasket

Tiny
JTSTICKS
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  • 1999 HONDA ACCORD
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 125,000 MILES
I have a 99 accord 4-cyl.125K, idle rough at low end in gear and gets sluggish above 4000RPM. I have oil in the radiator and overflow and dripping below the car (no normal oil leaking spots) went through 3+ quarts oil over 3000 miles/3 weeks. Oil change guy says it seems to be head gasket, does not seem to be any water or other fluid in the engine when I check to the dipstick. I am getting no smoke or smell and the radiator is more than full. Is it the head gasket? Is it tough to change on a honda 4cyl? Estimate cost?
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 AT 12:39 PM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Sounds like a bad headgasket, since the oil is in the radiator, and the rough low and high idle.

To confirm it do a compression test on each cylinder if one is more then 25% lower then the highest one then the gasket is definetely bad. Its not a tough change but a few thousand job, espeically if the heads need to be re machined.
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008 AT 8:45 PM

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