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06-17-2012, 09:37 PM
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Coolant in exhaust
I have A late 94 G10 Metro.
It started to have a loss of power (boggy) on my way home from work I pulled into a parking lot it was idling rough. I shut it off when i tried to restart it it wouldn't crank over all the way at first it would start to then lockup. After i got it restarted it runs rough and i have Coolant in exhaust. Got the car new in 94 and it has never been overheated. I did a rebuild on it in 2008 (30 to 40K on it now) i used new head bolts proper torque and apex brand gasket set. I think it must be the head gasket. ( have not tore into it yet ) Has anyone had one go bad that soon or are apex gaskets junk? Any other things it could be? Thanks, w00dy |
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06-17-2012, 10:12 PM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
Never used Apex gaskets. Maybe the head or deck surface was less than perfect?
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06-17-2012, 10:46 PM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
Woody do a COMPRESSION CHECK ON IT. I never used that gasket either. I use FELPRO.
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06-17-2012, 11:22 PM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
A bad or plugged catalytic converter cold lead up to a bad Head or head gasket.
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06-18-2012, 12:35 AM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
Thanks,
I'm going to pull the head off in a few days after i do a compression check hopefully the leak will be obvious. I will check the cat allso. |
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06-18-2012, 01:25 AM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
should be able to tell by looking at the plugs and see what cyl is leaking but yes it sounds like a head gasket. make sure you get new bolts when you replace the gasket
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06-18-2012, 04:46 AM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
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06-23-2012, 02:55 PM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
I've had a few cars that have had that problem. I used a gasket goop that was an aviation gasket sealer. It's clear but looks like it has copper dust in it. Always worked on hard to fix gasket problems. I don't bother using anything else after having used that a couple times. YMMV
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06-24-2012, 03:07 AM
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Re: Coolant in exhaust
Did a Compression test this is what I got.
Cylinder 1 = 195 Cylinder 2 = 210 wet with coolant* Cylinder 3 = 200 I pulled the head off and found that the gasket had turned to some kind of silver mush. So I ordered the head gasket that Woodie83 suggested. Thanks to everyone who replyed. |
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