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Re: Head gasket is leaking 2001 Lesabre
Well I took it to a garage and they did a pressure test. With that test they determined that there was no external leakage.
They then said that there was no antifreeze in the oil.
But they saw the spark plugs where turning a little white. They said that the antifreeze was burning off in the exhaust. I was definately losing antifreeze roughly (2 litres in a 2 week period).
But nothing was on my garage floor. I have replaced the manifold gaskets already last year. My oil looks clean. I don't get alot of white smoke out of my exhaust pipe but I think that might just mean that the leak is slow enough to not show the white exhaust to any great degree. It is cold here so I do get some exhaust but nothing out of the ordinary.
I know they did the pressure test, Did they do those other tests? I'm not sure I wasn't there for the whole diagnosis and I didn't think to ask either.
When they first did the pressure test on the weekend the guy at the garage told me there wasn't a leak. I told them there was a leak. I had to bring it back on Monday for the, so called, "Master Mechanic" to look at it. They then found that it was leaking and internally. What test they used, I'm not sure of.
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