Coolant in exhaust

[W00dy]

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

[DeltaP]

Never used Apex gaskets. Maybe the head or deck surface was less than perfect?

[FishFind]

Woody do a COMPRESSION CHECK ON IT. I never used that gasket either. I use FELPRO.

[danielsatur]

A bad or plugged catalytic converter cold lead up to a bad Head or head gasket.

[W00dy]

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.

[Crvett69]

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

[Woodie83]

Here's the ONLY head gasket to use:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270920776215...ht_1900wt_1194

[Greg_M]

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

[W00dy]

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.