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Old 03-26-2007, 12:24 PM
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Re: Coolant Loss and engine shudder when starting

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Originally Posted by nissandoc
the reason you're not seeing coolant is because its leaking into the cylinder. usually #2 or #3. it will misfire on startup after sitting a while until it clears out the coolant.
run the engine and let it get hot, cut it off and wait 4-5 hours and then pull the spark plugs(dont start it beforehand). you should see the coolant sitting on top of the piston. headgasket time!
What kind of cost am I am looking? and also should I replace the spark plugs and iginiton coil at the same time? I had the code ran at the time the service engine light came on and it said a bad iginition coil as well.
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