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08-09-2005, 10:16 PM
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Location: Des Moines IA
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how to tell...
some have suggested that my headgasket is bad, others think it might be more serious. without taking the engine apart, what tests can i have done to check and see if it were a head gasket problem or a rings/ valve seal problem?
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08-09-2005, 10:39 PM
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Location: the MVP garage, New York City
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compression test and connect a vacume guage, if you look in a helms its tells you how to do it and what to look for
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08-09-2005, 11:09 PM
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hmm, never thought to look in the book.
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08-09-2005, 11:59 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: over here
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leak down test. that is the best to do without having the engine apart
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