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whats the deal
by
shegel
on 18 Mar, 2008 08:26
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im suspecting a bad hg because of a little oil in the coolant...but it starts up fine and i drive it 100 miles a day with no issues. other than a bad shake that i need to figure out too. my question is this. if the headgasket died then wouldnt the car have too low of compression and not run. also woulldnt there be coolant in the oil....?!?!?!?!?!?
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#1
by
burn_your_money
on 18 Mar, 2008 08:45
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not necessarily. oil/coolant contamination is only a possibility, not a definite. A leak down test will show a bad HG or looking in the coolant reservoir for bubbles with the car running may show a bad headgasket.
It could be the oil cooler leaking or it could be some oil that was trapped in the cooling system and was just freed up by the coolant getting hot.
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#2
by
shegel
on 18 Mar, 2008 12:20
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i dont have an oil cooler i dont think. its for the golf in my sig.
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#3
by
shegel
on 20 Mar, 2008 14:46
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? :?: :?:
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#4
by
Vincent Waldon
on 20 Mar, 2008 17:56
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Burn's got it... if you need to find a blown head gasket start with a compression test.
Since you mention a bad shake my crystal ball will predict........ bad compression in two adjacent cylinders. :wink:
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#5
by
shegel
on 20 Mar, 2008 21:01
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ok that makes sence. so i guess i will buy a compression tester.... are the ebay ones ok?
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#6
by
Possum79
on 22 Mar, 2008 10:36
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If you go on ebay for the tester check out harborfreight.com. A dude on ebay buys them from that site and sells them for more then harborfreight sells them for. I have a harborfreight one just havent used it yet.
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#7
by
rallydiesel
on 22 Mar, 2008 11:35
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I have used the ebay/harbourfreight ones and they work great.
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#8
by
Baselyne
on 13 Apr, 2008 13:45
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anyone got a link to this tools site?
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#9
by
shegel
on 13 Apr, 2008 15:35
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#10
by
jtanguay
on 13 Apr, 2008 16:16
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i bought one like that. works good. mostly mechanical so i can't see it being crap
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#11
by
duffer
on 14 Apr, 2008 12:33
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I have used the ebay/harbourfreight ones and they work great.
How did they ship?
USPS or UPS/Fedex?
I ask because, I'd never
buy anything cross-border
if they only ship UPS.
Too may extra/unexpected
Charges.
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#12
by
saurkraut
on 14 Apr, 2008 13:28
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#13
by
Possum79
on 14 Apr, 2008 17:00
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The one i bought from harbor freight actually comes with more adapters for the same cost just so you know.