Symptoms of a blown head gasket - AnandTech Forums
Oct 26, 2009 · head gaskets can fail in a few different ways. the most common is failing between two cylinders. one cylinder can also blow towards the outside of the block, but that's rare at best. in addition to sealing the combustion chambers, though, the head gasket also seals oil and coolant passages. sometimes the the gasket will blow out (or corrode ...
any guesses why my friend's GTI keeps blowing head gaskets?
Feb 25, 2013 · He has the 2 liter MK6 GTI with a KO4 turbo. I believe he made 330 whp on the dyno. After a couple track days his mechanic found a blown head gasket. He proceeded to get forged rods and pistons and used a less agressive tune. Today he tells me his mechanic found another leak. I do not know how much less hp he was making.
Leak in a head gasket requires a COMPLETE engine rebuild is that …
Apr 17, 2008 · If the blown gasket allowed coolant to leak into the cylinders then yes the engine would probably need some type of a rebuild. That is probably what 'Jim' is thinking about. That being said. If your mechanic said "small leak in the head gasket AREA" then he might not be talking about the head gasket at all.
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Feb 16, 2004 · If it is a head gasket, they're not usually cheap. The parts aren't expensive (just the gaskets, and assuming something else isn't wrong like the head is warped) but since you have to disassemble a good deal of the intake system to pull the head off, it's a lot of labor.
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Oct 9, 1999 · When I turned wrenches any motor I really needed to see inside, was already blown bad enough to warrant a tear down. The few times I suspected a cracked head or blown gasket, the bore scope was inconclusive. You could easily see the steam cleaned cylinder and combustion chamber indicating coolant leaking in, but not an obvious cause.
What would you guys do in my situation? RX8 intake problem.
Dec 4, 2012 · But they needed the gasket set that mounts the lower air intake back onto the engine block. They had to order that from a dealer for $125 since they couldn't find it elsewhere. The guy also told me that he doesn't think cleaning the rest of the intake will solve the problem now at this point and that he recommended replacing it all.
Anyone know anything about the Suzuki Swift / SX4?
Jan 2, 2006 · Head gasket issues from Subarus keep on showing up in even their 2007 models, so I'm very wary of buying a Subaru. I'd like to try a Suzuki SX4 but I can't figure out which models are supposed to have AWD.
Engine oil on PCV valve...... - AnandTech Forums
Apr 5, 2006 · First off, never run your engine with an overfilled crankcase, an overfilled crankcase will expose the oil to the spinning crank thus causing the oil to faom, oil pressure to drop and subsequent engine damage.
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Aug 8, 2019 · If all else fails it's time for a compression or lead down test of the cylinders in case you have a head (warp, crack, gasket, etc) problem, but first I'd check whether it's losing oil or coolant. I assume no major leaks are visible. You can also get a kit that checks for exhaust coming out the coolant tank.
Discussion RDNA4 + CDNA3 Architectures Thread - AnandTech …
Mar 23, 2022 · There is an ace that AMD is holding, which is Strix Halo. It can, potentially, take more market share from NVidia client dGPU than AMD's dGPU division. Which is why NVidia is moving quickly in this area, but AMD has 1 year head start and x86 license.