As a non-mechanical person that was absolutely the best description I have seen of any video to give me a good visualization of how the head gasket works and the fluids that go up in between all those different holes
This happened to my car, had all the symptoms and I didn’t know but got it into the shop before it got worse. I’m sure in January when I got my oil change is when i now notice the first symptom of milky oil. Mechanic told me it could be from cold weather and roving short distances. Thank you for the explanation of the head gasket, I didn’t know the purpose of it.
Quite often the HG will breach before it fully blows. This typically occurs between the cylinder and the coolant channels and doesn't result in a fluid exchange. What happens is the breach is too small to let coolant into the cylinder but upon acceleration, combustion gases get forced through the breach into the coolant channel. As the gas passes the temperature sensor, the temperature gauge on your dash goes up. Letting off the gas completely will stop forcing gas into the coolant channel and the gauge will slowly drop. The engine isn't actually overheating, but the HG is doomed. I learned this the hard way when I was younger and didn't know much about engines. Had a 99 Civic, It drove me crazy, I ended up changing all the primary cooling parts- fan relay, temp sensor, thermostat, radiator - which didn't fix the problem, and then someone recommended I get the radiator sniffed at a smog shop. Sure enough, hydrocarbons were present.
I was chasing misfires and hard starting in my 03 rsx s for a couple months.. Finally started losing enough coolant to notice and then got it in my oil, only knew because I check my oil pretty regularly. At 220k miles, a head gasket starting to leak is not surprising.
Think my bikes doing this. Cause it's not burning coolant still full. I mean the exhaust is white an when I turn the bike of it smokes white out the side i thinks bad. Oil looks fine but some going somewhere. It's coming out the top the head or something down the cylinder not alot. It's also watery oil. Fan rad sensor gone or fans gone idk guess ima figure it out one these days. Ima dump the oil first clearly an then from there I'll figure the rest out just hope I ain't gotta surface the block if I do have a gasket leak I know I do. It lost some power from start to end of summer about 5 miles an hour. So somethings going somewhere an it started over heating in the end if summer. I do think its blowing air in my antifreeze I got lucky it didnt blow blow or really mixed fluids thank god but I'll figure it out soon enough
Also read my 500ex motor goes 120k miles before needs anything. I was hard in the cold on first gear only so it probably didnt like that lol bike got 40k not miles an the head gaskets gone. Its 30 years old to so it's been here there sits starts you know they get old. If it ain't the head leaking is stuff up top it I think idk there 7 things gaskets right there could be any one of them
This is a great video. My S10 is leaking oil, and I thought maybe it’s the head gasket, but from all you explained here, I’m having none of those problems. So you probably saved me some time tearing apart my engine for nothing.
I've got a 86 f150 and was worried this might be the case as I've replaced the radiator, timing chain, water pump, thermostat, and a couple hoses yet when i drive it it gets boiling water stuck in the reserve tank and I feel like a 5.0 v8 shouldn't struggle keeping 55 mph with nothing on it.
Hello, thank you for your video. Dear friend, I need to say that when the gasket on the cylinder head gasket burns, the water hoses inflate, and if water leaks into the cylinder, there is very little ice in the water, which makes us realize this damage faster.
Nice video you got!. I changed my vehicle (es 350 2009) Top gasket due to over heating. After the top gasket burn. I replaced it and changed the radiator to double face and chnage the water pump. I further replaced the AC compressor. Is there any other advice you have for me? For now the car is very stable and I'm always watching the temperature.
Unfortunately I have a few of these symptoms a cloud of white smoke once in a while and loss of horsepower the car hesitates while accelerating down the highway it's really annoying but it's periodically.
@@ivanvalentin3898I have oil leaking in my spark plugs. Is that what it is lol? Only spark plugs 1, 2 and 3 I noticed when changing. White smoke is only on motorways as I slow down then to fast, say a roundabout. (Always topped up).
I just have white maaaybe blue smoke coming out mainly during first start but sometimes during a start right after turning engine off. I have a 2000 v6 Lexus es300 it hasn’t over heated just blows smoke! Any advice?
I have a question so I saw you said the car will over heat at any scenario on my case my car only starts over heating when I step on the gas temps go to up to 250 but it will cool down fast if I let it park and sit for 5 minutes or less my coolant temps drop to 199 I don’t have white smoke coming off my exhaust tips from that bit of information do you think my head gaskets are bad ?
Great vid. Very informative. I'm having overheating with my 05 Crown Vic police interceptor. Not sure if it's a head gasket bc there is milky substance on oil cap buy not on dip stick.
Didn’t see any milky oil on my dip stick, but the oil cap was covered and my 2015 equinox had quit a bit of milky oil on the cap. Also burns a lot of oil.
Yes I agree I has been the best explosions I've ever heard for a long time and I do have a blown head gasket I'm doing it right now on my engine but funny part about it my engine didn't misfire it rough idle little bit but it you stomp on it and it roared
I got a white smoke coming from somewhere down in my engine bay, a smell that I can’t quite figure out and my coolant ran down to empty, I put more haven’t driven since hoping it’s nothing too bad
what may caused theres a symptoms a running rich of black water oilll coming alittle bit from the exaust? On mazda 2 hb demio model 2004/2005 and always getting overheat.. .. already change the radiator.. waterpump still have a pressure thermostart still looks fine since the water always getting absorbs from the radiator .. so heres the problem i caannot driveee a long way road.. unless im running it only near from place.
I'm not sure if I have a blown head my coolant has been staying topped off since I bought the car. It's been about 2 months now. However when I did the oil change the oil was black but when I went to take of the oil cap and add engine oil I saw a thumb sized spot that was milky on the inside of the cap and also around where the cap sits.
I'm actually being forced to build the d16 I thought it would be cool to throw a rod or something in the stock motor before the swap lol. So right now think I just need some head studs and a clutch before I go at it, i might as well do that now while it'll be apart. Lots of holiday expenses are slowing me down a bit but it ill start tearing it down this weekend. I plan on doing a time lapse video. Thanks for watching
hey BO Builds just a question i have a 2005 nissian altima i am getting a engine code P0303 missfire in cylinder 3 there is no oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil the car does not overheat
Mine overheats real in like a 30 minutes drive, and when I arrive at my destination I hear boiling water from the engine in the same time the water be dripping out what might be the problem?
Got new heads because it was blowing up my radiator. After the new heads I took a 3000 mile trip..it overheated. I immediately pulled over and let it cool. Kept coolant in it filling about 1/2 gallon a day. Never overheated again, but after sitting for 8 hours in 30 degree weather the radiator still had pressure built up in it. My mechanic is certain the heads are just fine and is replacing the bad radiator again. Thinking I want a second opinion on the heads. Ran fine, made it the 2500 miles after the overheating, but the pressure in the radiator has me worried.
Sounds normal to me though I'm not a mechanic but it makes sense that in such a complex system with air trapped everywhere that there would be a pocket somewhere. People advise you actually go back and fill the reservoir after it's been filled from empty after driving for 5 min.
I got one that is stomping me and many others. Maybe you can help??? 2012 Charger with the 3.6 overheated almost 2 years ago from a failed oil cooler. Surprise surprise. Replaced cooler, radiator, hoses, thermostat and housing (multiple times), water pump and head gaskets. Still getting oil in coolant, but no coolant in the oil. Runs perfect for a few weeks and then starts to overheat. I can flush it all out and replace the thermostat again and it starts all over. No idle issues. Performance is fine. Any ideas? Appreciate it!!!
So if I see oil mix with water you recommend changing the head gasket or the whole entire motor ? Btw it doesn’t have much oil , and I have a leak of water no coolant , I was thinking of pouring radiator no leak and after doing an oil change , send helppppp
Very clear explanation.My car has the overheating problem because of the first reason you mentioned here.So,please advice about replacing the head gaskets. Thanks.
I have a honda legend 3.5 and the under the radiator cap there was kind of a coolant coloured paste (pinkish purple) i do not have any of the other symptoms but that has worried me abit.. I think maybe someone has mixed coolants and its caused the paste. Any ideas? Thanks
My vehicle only blows white smoke when at initial start only but not when running or after start! It does not overheat. What could it be? And it only happens rarely
Hello I have a 1999 Cadillac STS Seville recently I noticed that my coolant reservoir was low and my mechanic told me that it appears as though coolant is present in the oil but there is no smoke coming out of the tailpipe is it possible that I have a bad water pump my car never went hot
my 2000 ford taurus is not overheating at all but seems to struggle to start up when left alone for a bit small amount of white smoke comes out not alot though seems to have very small shake when idling on park im a little sad right now it only has 89,000 miles :(
So what if my coolant has white in it but my oil and everything is fine and I get told it’s not a blown head gasket bc it don’t over heat or loose or boil or over heat or make noise ?
Hello everybody! My 2003 civic always makes a 2-second air hissing/sucking sound when I shut the engine off. In addition to that, the coolant always fills the reservoir up and doesn't seem to go back to the radiator. If I don't fill the coolant in the radiator up after a long ride or a few short rides, I'll get overheating. Someone told me that there's a leak from the coolant passage through the gasket to the outside. I don't see it mentioned in this video so I'm not sure if it's a thing. And if it's truly is, does anyone know a way to fix it? Does head gasket sealer help in this case? Thanks!
Help me here! i have a chevy cruze 2012 . i just did a coolant leak.. it overheated first. but then i took the thermostat sensor of and put it back on and it did not overhead. cool and hot air was nice.. i did not have any caramel oil from dipstick or gaskets or coolant reservoir. but, when i turn my car on i have small normal white smoke coming out .. and some drops of waters ( like 1 drop every 6 sec from the exhausts that do not stop.. its it ok ?
07 lexus gs350 here Oil filled in Coolant Reservoir Not over heated....Some white Smoke...White Milk under Oil Cap.....is it possible it's a head gasket....Or Even A Broken Oil Cooler line...
my WJ 4.0 3 years no problem. Yesterday, pegged at 260. Therm good, sensor good, low coolant. Not going thru heater core do bypassed. Upper hose hard hot boiling water, bottom hose cool. So possibly radiator clogged, water pump shot or head gasket. Now like to mention I thought the radiator was leaking for a while . When the therm pops I can see a wisp of steam from the front but could never catch it to see where it comes from but even hot TX the engine stayed at 208. Will double check oil tonight to see if milky, maybe try to flush radiator. No smoke at all. Thought air bubbles but trying to burp it just comes boiling out. Seems as if water is trying to be pumped thru the motor bit once his radiator it has no place to go. But this from 1 day ok next minute 260. 1 weird thing I saw was once bypassed core and started I say a weird wisp of odd smelling smoke. Thinking it was just coolant burning off looked like right where valve cover was. Sort of like burned coolant with electrical burnt smell. Might be nothing but definitely not just coolant burning off on hot block.
What if there is exhaust gases leak to external of the engine....u simply lose compression and you see exhaust smoke coming from the side of the engine...!?
Here's a question my chevrolet lacetti overheated in a traffic jam high temperature showing and just steam out of engine i bought it into garage and was told head gasket was blown 6 months later same problem got caught in traffic jam car overheated and steam out of engine any ideas hardly another head gasket blown
Let me share with you my situation and ask a question after. My car starts really slow, you have to turn ignition on with your foot on the pedal all the way down to get it started. Once started it loses power and get a lot of white smoke 💨,with gasoline smell. I noticed that the when accelerated the radiator hose gets really inflated with air pressure, and the coolant looks oily. I took of the terminals that connects spark plugs they were dry but with smell of like a mix of alcohol and gas. Or gas and water. Do you think juts changing the gasket would solve the issue?? Or is it normal to get the gas smell in the spark plugs holes?? No oil there though and the engine oil es clean, no even a sign of water or anything weird in it. Thank you for your help.
white smoke is coolant burning blue smoke is oil burning the radiator hose gets pressurized the hotter the coolant is do a compression test and see if you need to replace your headgasket
one symptom that was my case was exhaust to coolant leak where exhaust pushed coolant out of my res ...... caused bubbles in the overflow........ air in the coolant lines for an overheat condition. Similar leak to the coolant to combustion chamber as path but different direction ....... compression pushed it the other way. So no smoke in exhaust.
What if I only have the last symptom? And the car eats oil like crazy. It’s not leaking anywhere. Just burning up. And it KEEPS blowing spark plugs. One of the garages we went to, said it was the head gasket??? What do you think? Oh and it smells like rotten eggs.
Really, I appropriate your post, specially when I heard the 5th sign that is low power at starting due to miss fire and rough idle after started . because, my car is going on overheated and its has low starting while the cranking is perfectly. so that you proved to me that my head gasket was blown in the side of water system but not in the oil side. thank you so much
Yeah exactly mine too it cranks fine, it's not overheating but there's definitely a loss of power and the mayonaise mixture is there, also water is coming out the tail pipe along with the whitish blue smoke, allot of these videos didn't even touch on the stuff he said here they was using the testers in the radiator it's more to it than using testers.
Loss of power could also be a vacuum leak which is very common, or a bad injector or a bad intake manifold. The only sure way to know if it's a head gasket is the combustion test. The second best way is blue or gray smoke from the tailgate after it's running for a few minutes. The third best way is losing coolant but not seeing any leaks.
I got a massive coolant leak. None of the other systems. But my car did overheat and started to lose power and shut down. I put coolant in and it drove just fine but says I have no oil (just got it changed Friday)
Just had a water pump and alternator changed now my engine gets extremely hot soon as I turn it on my coolant level is fine and no there's a bit of white smoke out the exhaust
I have the milky stuff on my oil cap but the oil in the oil pan isn’t milky and I have white smoke burning out my exhaust anyone know if it’s head gasket or not ?
I just change the water outlet and the hoses on my mazda b2300 and now when i open the radiator cap the coolant pop out also when the pickup its cold, can be the thermostat? also the coolant leaks from the radiator cap
Actually it's more often cracked head than blown head gasket. Initial sign, in my experience is when you see vapor-like smoke coming from the coolant exp.tank, when you start the engine. Everything is fine, temperature is ok, hoses are ok, pressure inside the cooling system is ok, just there is some smoke there and you can see very thin skim, barely visible, floating on the coolant surface in the exp.tank. Be 99% sure that there is a problem with the engine's head or even a block. It is easy test to perform when you wanna buy a used car. Start the engine with the cap off the exp.tank and watch with the flashlight pointed into coolant. If you see a smoke after 3-4 minutes coming from there and more, if you see that tiny skim there, be almost sure that you are buying a huge problem. Just get away from that car.
04 GTO. I have a question. So I took it to a friend mechanic and he did the test where he took off the cap and started the car and all the coolant came out. Would this be a head gasket or something of that sort? I don't see white gunk, or milky oil, no overheating on the gauge (but I do FEEL it getting hot when I drive it for a while) and no white smoke. But it does struggle to start (sometimes it takes a couple tries sometime starts right away) and it's no the battery and I just put a new starter in, and some sensor on the throttle intake.
@@Superstuffed if it did that once or couple of times it may be just an air trapped in the system. It is different than that when you have pressure in the cooling system that comes from cylinders, which is constant. The warmer the engine the more bubbles you got there in the exp.tank. Most of cases it's cyl.head.
What if bubbles comes out and no smoke? I have I feeling when they changed radiator that they did not done it properly. If there is some air pockets it could produce same in coolant tank.I hear also water in cabine like there is some water flushing cause those pockets can be made everywhere especially when engine is big like 4.0 V6 from Toyota. The engine is running great, no missfire starts at minus like temps like hero and works like charm.
Recently I could smell coolant inside the car while driving, then later on I noticed that the coolant tank was empty. Then, when at a stop while car is in drive the car engine would shiver and hesitate. Last thing I did I checked oil and it looked drippy like part oil and part water. The car is an 03’ Mercedes’ sedan. I think it could be cracked block too or faulty expansion cap at least but, what do you think?
I have a Toyota corolla ae 101 and I have been experiencing a milky white fluid coming out from the engine head and also from the engine oil deep stick. Is that a serious problem? And how can I fix that..? Thanks
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Best explanation ever. Short, to the point, and easy. Thank you!
That's what she said
None of the symptoms but still PARANOID
Me too...cause I drive Subaru
No heat inside car, no loss of fluid, No milky oil, temp creeps up and told head gasket. Just don’t know
You are not alone.
Well it was the head gasket yet again on the 5th Vauxhall over the years so never again. Scrap value on that one went towards service on replacement!
@@Jjules-zo5fr thermostat most likely
As a non-mechanical person that was absolutely the best description I have seen of any video to give me a good visualization of how the head gasket works and the fluids that go up in between all those different holes
same here. good explanation
U forgot 5.....when ur almost going home on Friday and ur boss asked u to come in on Saturday....that will definitely blow a head gasket.
i know I'm kinda off topic but do anybody know a good site to watch new series online ?
Hello are you an engineer
Your picture just blew my head gasket
Thank you, straight to the point, short but sweet. Thank you. Great video
You’re the best man I would not expect better explanation than you did
This happened to my car, had all the symptoms and I didn’t know but got it into the shop before it got worse. I’m sure in January when I got my oil change is when i now notice the first symptom of milky oil. Mechanic told me it could be from cold weather and roving short distances. Thank you for the explanation of the head gasket, I didn’t know the purpose of it.
Wow! That's how you do a youtube video! Very informative, but not boring! Thank you so much!
thank you so much, this was explained very very well. you have a new follower 🙋
Quite often the HG will breach before it fully blows. This typically occurs between the cylinder and the coolant channels and doesn't result in a fluid exchange. What happens is the breach is too small to let coolant into the cylinder but upon acceleration, combustion gases get forced through the breach into the coolant channel. As the gas passes the temperature sensor, the temperature gauge on your dash goes up. Letting off the gas completely will stop forcing gas into the coolant channel and the gauge will slowly drop. The engine isn't actually overheating, but the HG is doomed. I learned this the hard way when I was younger and didn't know much about engines. Had a 99 Civic, It drove me crazy, I ended up changing all the primary cooling parts- fan relay, temp sensor, thermostat, radiator - which didn't fix the problem, and then someone recommended I get the radiator sniffed at a smog shop. Sure enough, hydrocarbons were present.
I was chasing misfires and hard starting in my 03 rsx s for a couple months.. Finally started losing enough coolant to notice and then got it in my oil, only knew because I check my oil pretty regularly. At 220k miles, a head gasket starting to leak is not surprising.
My HG jus blew , and I only started seeing the white thick smoke when I put fresh oil , and I happened to overfill my oil pan , rip me
@@zanephilpot2664 what ended up happening?
Think my bikes doing this. Cause it's not burning coolant still full. I mean the exhaust is white an when I turn the bike of it smokes white out the side i thinks bad. Oil looks fine but some going somewhere. It's coming out the top the head or something down the cylinder not alot. It's also watery oil. Fan rad sensor gone or fans gone idk guess ima figure it out one these days. Ima dump the oil first clearly an then from there I'll figure the rest out just hope I ain't gotta surface the block if I do have a gasket leak I know I do. It lost some power from start to end of summer about 5 miles an hour. So somethings going somewhere an it started over heating in the end if summer. I do think its blowing air in my antifreeze I got lucky it didnt blow blow or really mixed fluids thank god but I'll figure it out soon enough
Also read my 500ex motor goes 120k miles before needs anything. I was hard in the cold on first gear only so it probably didnt like that lol bike got 40k not miles an the head gaskets gone. Its 30 years old to so it's been here there sits starts you know they get old. If it ain't the head leaking is stuff up top it I think idk there 7 things gaskets right there could be any one of them
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This was great; thank you!
Dude! Best explaination ever!
🔴 The pointer is incredible
Thank you for the quick and very educational video. Please make more!!!
Great information. Very helpful. Thank you!
This is a great video. My S10 is leaking oil, and I thought maybe it’s the head gasket, but from all you explained here, I’m having none of those problems.
So you probably saved me some time tearing apart my engine for nothing.
What do u mean!!
The head gasket mainly leaks coolant like my s10
leaking oil cooler leaking oil in to the water,where its bolted to the engine.
I've got a 86 f150 and was worried this might be the case as I've replaced the radiator, timing chain, water pump, thermostat, and a couple hoses yet when i drive it it gets boiling water stuck in the reserve tank and I feel like a 5.0 v8 shouldn't struggle keeping 55 mph with nothing on it.
Almost all symptoms thanks for the video
Damn boys. I have damn near every symptom
Hello, thank you for your video. Dear friend, I need to say that when the gasket on the cylinder head gasket burns, the water hoses inflate, and if water leaks into the cylinder, there is very little ice in the water, which makes us realize this damage faster.
Nice video you got!. I changed my vehicle (es 350 2009) Top gasket due to over heating.
After the top gasket burn. I replaced it and changed the radiator to double face and chnage the water pump. I further replaced the AC compressor.
Is there any other advice you have for me? For now the car is very stable and I'm always watching the temperature.
Unfortunately I have a few of these symptoms a cloud of white smoke once in a while and loss of horsepower the car hesitates while accelerating down the highway it's really annoying but it's periodically.
Check your spark plugs tube seals. Might have oil leaking into the spark plugs.
Cloud of white? When is cold And after the start?
@@ivanvalentin3898I have oil leaking in my spark plugs. Is that what it is lol? Only spark plugs 1, 2 and 3 I noticed when changing. White smoke is only on motorways as I slow down then to fast, say a roundabout. (Always topped up).
I will remember your tips.. thanks man
I just have white maaaybe blue smoke coming out mainly during first start but sometimes during a start right after turning engine off. I have a 2000 v6 Lexus es300 it hasn’t over heated just blows smoke! Any advice?
I’ve got occasional white smoke but as it’s cold outside now I’m hoping it’s more a case of that
Usually it’s water in the pipes. As for us dodge owners
I have a question so I saw you said the car will over heat at any scenario on my case my car only starts over heating when I step on the gas temps go to up to 250 but it will cool down fast if I let it park and sit for 5 minutes or less my coolant temps drop to 199 I don’t have white smoke coming off my exhaust tips from that bit of information do you think my head gaskets are bad ?
Thank you!
Great vid. Very informative. I'm having overheating with my 05 Crown Vic police interceptor. Not sure if it's a head gasket bc there is milky substance on oil cap buy not on dip stick.
Didn’t see any milky oil on my dip stick, but the oil cap was covered and my 2015 equinox had quit a bit of milky oil on the cap. Also burns a lot of oil.
Yes I agree I has been the best explosions I've ever heard for a long time and I do have a blown head gasket I'm doing it right now on my engine but funny part about it my engine didn't misfire it rough idle little bit but it you stomp on it and it roared
I got a white smoke coming from somewhere down in my engine bay, a smell that I can’t quite figure out and my coolant ran down to empty, I put more haven’t driven since hoping it’s nothing too bad
I have white smoke in the exhaust.
what may caused theres a symptoms a running rich of black water oilll coming alittle bit from the exaust? On mazda 2 hb demio model 2004/2005
and always getting overheat.. .. already change the radiator.. waterpump still have a pressure thermostart still looks fine since the water always getting absorbs from the radiator .. so heres the problem i caannot driveee a long way road.. unless im running it only near from place.
Love the bullet as a pointer. Your a savage bro
I'm not sure if I have a blown head my coolant has been staying topped off since I bought the car. It's been about 2 months now. However when I did the oil change the oil was black but when I went to take of the oil cap and add engine oil I saw a thumb sized spot that was milky on the inside of the cap and also around where the cap sits.
thank you human!
Great video!
I been waiting for you to post..What’s up with the videos on the car..engine build..tuning..good info
I'm actually being forced to build the d16 I thought it would be cool to throw a rod or something in the stock motor before the swap lol. So right now think I just need some head studs and a clutch before I go at it, i might as well do that now while it'll be apart. Lots of holiday expenses are slowing me down a bit but it ill start tearing it down this weekend. I plan on doing a time lapse video.
Thanks for watching
All of these symptoms and I’m just know finding this video I could have used it a month ago to prevent and prepare myself 😢
My opel corsa utility bakkie 1.4 have the same symptoms that you have mentioned. So how can I fix it. I mean what needs to be done to fix it
hey BO Builds just a question i have a 2005 nissian altima i am getting a engine code P0303 missfire in cylinder 3 there is no oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil the car does not overheat
Mine overheats real in like a 30 minutes drive, and when I arrive at my destination I hear boiling water from the engine in the same time the water be dripping out what might be the problem?
Got new heads because it was blowing up my radiator. After the new heads I took a 3000 mile trip..it overheated. I immediately pulled over and let it cool. Kept coolant in it filling about 1/2 gallon a day. Never overheated again, but after sitting for 8 hours in 30 degree weather the radiator still had pressure built up in it. My mechanic is certain the heads are just fine and is replacing the bad radiator again. Thinking I want a second opinion on the heads. Ran fine, made it the 2500 miles after the overheating, but the pressure in the radiator has me worried.
Sounds normal to me though I'm not a mechanic but it makes sense that in such a complex system with air trapped everywhere that there would be a pocket somewhere. People advise you actually go back and fill the reservoir after it's been filled from empty after driving for 5 min.
I got one that is stomping me and many others. Maybe you can help??? 2012 Charger with the 3.6 overheated almost 2 years ago from a failed oil cooler. Surprise surprise. Replaced cooler, radiator, hoses, thermostat and housing (multiple times), water pump and head gaskets. Still getting oil in coolant, but no coolant in the oil. Runs perfect for a few weeks and then starts to overheat. I can flush it all out and replace the thermostat again and it starts all over. No idle issues. Performance is fine. Any ideas? Appreciate it!!!
So if I see oil mix with water you recommend changing the head gasket or the whole entire motor ? Btw it doesn’t have much oil , and I have a leak of water no coolant , I was thinking of pouring radiator no leak and after doing an oil change , send helppppp
My Honda jazz gets heated up, the entore engine and the mechanic told it was Gasket issue and here I am.. 💯✌🏻
Very clear explanation.My car has the overheating problem because of the first reason you mentioned here.So,please advice about replacing the head gaskets. Thanks.
My car does not overheat until i drive for some time, and mixed highway and city drive (40-50min),, does this fit symptom number 1
Just copped a 15 vw gti and boi all those issues is starting to make sense to me and rn it’s tuff hearing it I hate it here 😢
Looks like I have the last two. How much does it generally cost
I have a honda legend 3.5 and the under the radiator cap there was kind of a coolant coloured paste (pinkish purple) i do not have any of the other symptoms but that has worried me abit.. I think maybe someone has mixed coolants and its caused the paste. Any ideas? Thanks
that white smoke its always? mine does at cold starts. when i turn it on in the am
Seriously hope you got over that cold
Nah man I died
My vehicle only blows white smoke when at initial start only but not when running or after start! It does not overheat. What could it be? And it only happens rarely
Hello I have a 1999 Cadillac STS Seville recently I noticed that my coolant reservoir was low and my mechanic told me that it appears as though coolant is present in the oil but there is no smoke coming out of the tailpipe is it possible that I have a bad water pump my car never went hot
What if exhaust is going into coolant? Only symptom I have is to much pressure in cooling system plus coolant producing brown sludge
my 2000 ford taurus is not overheating at all but seems to struggle to start up when left alone for a bit small amount of white smoke comes out not alot though seems to have very small shake when idling on park im a little sad right now it only has 89,000 miles :(
So what if my coolant has white in it but my oil and everything is fine and I get told it’s not a blown head gasket bc it don’t over heat or loose or boil or over heat or make noise ?
Im #1 because I can't find a leak but I'm loosing coolant quickly .
Hello everybody! My 2003 civic always makes a 2-second air hissing/sucking sound when I shut the engine off. In addition to that, the coolant always fills the reservoir up and doesn't seem to go back to the radiator. If I don't fill the coolant in the radiator up after a long ride or a few short rides, I'll get overheating. Someone told me that there's a leak from the coolant passage through the gasket to the outside. I don't see it mentioned in this video so I'm not sure if it's a thing. And if it's truly is, does anyone know a way to fix it? Does head gasket sealer help in this case? Thanks!
Help me here! i have a chevy cruze 2012 .
i just did a coolant leak.. it overheated first. but then i took the thermostat sensor of and put it back on and it did not overhead. cool and hot air was nice.. i did not have any caramel oil from dipstick or gaskets or coolant reservoir. but, when i turn my car on i have small normal white smoke coming out .. and some drops of waters ( like 1 drop every 6 sec from the exhausts that do not stop.. its it ok ?
my chrylser 300 overheats like that and got white smelly smoke from exaust do u think blue devil can help?
07 lexus gs350 here Oil filled in Coolant Reservoir Not over heated....Some white Smoke...White Milk under Oil Cap.....is it possible it's a head gasket....Or Even A Broken Oil Cooler line...
my WJ 4.0 3 years no problem. Yesterday, pegged at 260. Therm good, sensor good, low coolant. Not going thru heater core do bypassed. Upper hose hard hot boiling water, bottom hose cool. So possibly radiator clogged, water pump shot or head gasket. Now like to mention I thought the radiator was leaking for a while . When the therm pops I can see a wisp of steam from the front but could never catch it to see where it comes from but even hot TX the engine stayed at 208. Will double check oil tonight to see if milky, maybe try to flush radiator. No smoke at all. Thought air bubbles but trying to burp it just comes boiling out. Seems as if water is trying to be pumped thru the motor bit once his radiator it has no place to go. But this from 1 day ok next minute 260. 1 weird thing I saw was once bypassed core and started I say a weird wisp of odd smelling smoke. Thinking it was just coolant burning off looked like right where valve cover was. Sort of like burned coolant with electrical burnt smell. Might be nothing but definitely not just coolant burning off on hot block.
@Jay Yoyo o ly thing left was the pump. It could pump, sort of. The impeller was so worn that it just couldn't push coolant anymore.
My car recently ran out of oil while I drove it. Should I change my head gasket?
I have some of the bubbliest coolant. It keeps going lower, lower and lower. I cant really find a coolant leak either, Rest In Peace my time:(
What if there is exhaust gases leak to external of the engine....u simply lose compression and you see exhaust smoke coming from the side of the engine...!?
I have bmw 1 series 2006 120i wen car get hot it have a thinking sound and when i swithc car off its struggle abit to start when hot what can it be?
What if the milky looking oil is where you add oil on top of the engine, not the dipstick?
Here's a question my chevrolet lacetti overheated in a traffic jam high temperature showing and just steam out of engine i bought it into garage and was told head gasket was blown 6 months later same problem got caught in traffic jam car overheated and steam out of engine any ideas hardly another head gasket blown
Let me share with you my situation and ask a question after. My car starts really slow, you have to turn ignition on with your foot on the pedal all the way down to get it started. Once started it loses power and get a lot of white smoke 💨,with gasoline smell. I noticed that the when accelerated the radiator hose gets really inflated with air pressure, and the coolant looks oily. I took of the terminals that connects spark plugs they were dry but with smell of like a mix of alcohol and gas. Or gas and water.
Do you think juts changing the gasket would solve the issue??
Or is it normal to get the gas smell in the spark plugs holes?? No oil there though and the engine oil es clean, no even a sign of water or anything weird in it.
Thank you for your help.
white smoke is coolant burning
blue smoke is oil burning
the radiator hose gets pressurized the hotter the coolant is
do a compression test and see if you need to replace your headgasket
one symptom that was my case was exhaust to coolant leak where exhaust pushed coolant out of my res ...... caused bubbles in the overflow........ air in the coolant lines for an overheat condition. Similar leak to the coolant to combustion chamber as path but different direction ....... compression pushed it the other way. So no smoke in exhaust.
That’s my situation, but after doing an exhaust gas test on my resivoir, it shows no exhaust gas..i and everyone I’ve showed it to are stumped..:
None of these symptoms but low on coolant? Any ideas
I dont have any of these,been stressing lately tho so doing my research.My coolant has been going somewhere an I have no heat in my car.
My truck has coolet pressure buildup it didn’t start doing that till my radiator went out and I put a new radiator in it
Can you explain why mistibishi l200 eat enigine oil and put out from back salancer
What if I only have the last symptom? And the car eats oil like crazy. It’s not leaking anywhere. Just burning up. And it KEEPS blowing spark plugs. One of the garages we went to, said it was the head gasket??? What do you think? Oh and it smells like rotten eggs.
Really, I appropriate your post, specially when I heard the 5th sign that is low power at starting due to miss fire and rough idle after started .
because, my car is going on overheated and its has low starting while the cranking is perfectly.
so that you proved to me that my head gasket was blown in the side of water system but not in the oil side.
thank you so much
Yeah exactly mine too it cranks fine, it's not overheating but there's definitely a loss of power and the mayonaise mixture is there, also water is coming out the tail pipe along with the whitish blue smoke, allot of these videos didn't even touch on the stuff he said here they was using the testers in the radiator it's more to it than using testers.
Loss of power could also be a vacuum leak which is very common, or a bad injector or a bad intake manifold. The only sure way to know if it's a head gasket is the combustion test. The second best way is blue or gray smoke from the tailgate after it's running for a few minutes. The third best way is losing coolant but not seeing any leaks.
My cars got all those symptoms
😲PHUK! I'm number 5.... and running hot
I got a massive coolant leak. None of the other systems. But my car did overheat and started to lose power and shut down. I put coolant in and it drove just fine but says I have no oil (just got it changed Friday)
This happened to me on Saturday 🤦🏾♂️
Okay so my 3000gt over heated so now it cranks but won’t turn is that still the head gasket
Just had a water pump and alternator changed now my engine gets extremely hot soon as I turn it on my coolant level is fine and no there's a bit of white smoke out the exhaust
I have the milky stuff on my oil cap but the oil in the oil pan isn’t milky and I have white smoke burning out my exhaust anyone know if it’s head gasket or not ?
I just change the water outlet and the hoses on my mazda b2300 and now when i open the radiator cap the coolant pop out also when the pickup its cold, can be the thermostat? also the coolant leaks from the radiator cap
Sounds like it has an air pocket. Try bleeding it
Don't forget the bubbling in the coolant reservoir after shutting the vehicle down.
I have 1999 Lexus ls400 everything u mention is good but when I have it on park I notice a oil leak everytime can anyone help
great video...👍
Actually it's more often cracked head than blown head gasket. Initial sign, in my experience is when you see vapor-like smoke coming from the coolant exp.tank, when you start the engine. Everything is fine, temperature is ok, hoses are ok, pressure inside the cooling system is ok, just there is some smoke there and you can see very thin skim, barely visible, floating on the coolant surface in the exp.tank. Be 99% sure that there is a problem with the engine's head or even a block. It is easy test to perform when you wanna buy a used car. Start the engine with the cap off the exp.tank and watch with the flashlight pointed into coolant. If you see a smoke after 3-4 minutes coming from there and more, if you see that tiny skim there, be almost sure that you are buying a huge problem. Just get away from that car.
04 GTO. I have a question. So I took it to a friend mechanic and he did the test where he took off the cap and started the car and all the coolant came out. Would this be a head gasket or something of that sort?
I don't see white gunk, or milky oil, no overheating on the gauge (but I do FEEL it getting hot when I drive it for a while) and no white smoke. But it does struggle to start (sometimes it takes a couple tries sometime starts right away) and it's no the battery and I just put a new starter in, and some sensor on the throttle intake.
@@Superstuffed if it did that once or couple of times it may be just an air trapped in the system. It is different than that when you have pressure in the cooling system that comes from cylinders, which is constant. The warmer the engine the more bubbles you got there in the exp.tank. Most of cases it's cyl.head.
@@Superstuffed coolant may come out because of warming and expanding.
What if bubbles comes out and no smoke? I have I feeling when they changed radiator that they did not done it properly. If there is some air pockets it could produce same in coolant tank.I hear also water in cabine like there is some water flushing cause those pockets can be made everywhere especially when engine is big like 4.0 V6 from Toyota. The engine is running great, no missfire starts at minus like temps like hero and works like charm.
Recently I could smell coolant inside the car while driving, then later on I noticed that the coolant tank was empty. Then, when at a stop while car is in drive the car engine would shiver and hesitate. Last thing I did I checked oil and it looked drippy like part oil and part water. The car is an 03’ Mercedes’ sedan. I think it could be cracked block too or faulty expansion cap at least but, what do you think?
Thank you educational
I have a Toyota corolla ae 101 and I have been experiencing a milky white fluid coming out from the engine head and also from the engine oil deep stick. Is that a serious problem? And how can I fix that..? Thanks
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Good shit
Thanks
Great video
I'm having an issue where my car loses coolant is the head gasket the issue?
Getting my education on!
Could a blown head gasket make the engine sound weird? I’ve heard it can resemble somewhat the sound of a thrown rod
I’m honestly having this same
Horrible sound in my 5.7 hemi after over heating & losing heat now wont turn over but when it does
It’s a nasty sound
That sounds more like low oil pressure
Good video 👍 , I hope you are feeling better sounds like you have a stuffed up nose or a head cold .
Is it Cheaper sir to have your Cylinder head Rebuilt, (OR) to buy another one 🤔?... Thxs!..... ps, (IM SELLING THIS CAR).