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The possibilities are:
1. "Leaking head gasket." Pull the heads and check for leaking gaskets. If no leaks from the head gaskets are found, go to step 2. **If you're really lucky, and have a V-6 or V-8, maybe you'll only need to seal the intake manifold to head area.
2. "Cracked cylinder." This is a major repair job. Have you overheated your engine recently? If you or someone had grossly overheated your engine and ran the radiator dry it's possible to develop a cracked cylinder. The fix would require a complete engine disassembly and having a cylinder sleeve installed. It is possible for someone to do the same job in-frame with a portable boring bar, but such people to do that job can only be found in the largest of cities. I know....I used to do that kind of work too. You'd still have to pull the pistons to inspect the cylinder walls.
Can you give us a bit more feedback as to what lead up to this problem?
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