Head gasket failure can be caused by a number of ... The most obvious is the white smoke from the exhaust. You also may notice a sickly-sweet smell like hot butterscotch coming from the front ...

V-type engines have a separate manifold for each cylinder bank. A leak in the exhaust manifold or its gasket can allow exhaust gases to escape, which poses a health hazard to the car’s occupants ...

In this session, we’re uninstalling the exhaust, replacing those leaky valve cover gaskets, and prepping the new setup with high-temp heat wrap for maximum performance and protection.

When this fails, the sugary-sweet coolant is combusted with the fuel, resulting in the smell and possibly white exhaust smoke. There are several ways to check if your head gasket has blown.