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Re: head gasket Posted by JimBlake [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: head gasket/ heater controls, KeithH, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:45:18 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You can also have the coolant tested for contamination by exhaust. That's more sensitive than looking for oil. Of course, if you have an oil slick in the coolant reservoir, then you got it... Also smell for anti-freeze in the exhaust. Oil in the exhaust could have come from other places other than a bad head gasket.
The head gasket is between the head & the block. From the top of the engine...
1) Valve cover, painted black. It is bolted down to the top of the head.
2) Head, made of aluminum. The exhaust manifold & intake manifold are bolted to the head.
3) Engine block, made of iron.
The head gasket is below the intake & exhaust ports, a couple inches below the split between valve cover & head. Maybe its easiest to see on the 'rear' of the engine, which is facing towards the battery. The sides of the head gasket are somewhat hidden by the intake & exhaust manifolds.
I've seen several posts which make me believe the poster has confused the valve cover gasket vs. the head gasket. Oil leaking from the valve cover gasket is really easy to fix.
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