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IALuder

08-09-2005, 09:16 PM

some have suggested that my headgasket is bad, others think it might be more serious. without taking the engine apart, what tests can i have done to check and see if it were a head gasket problem or a rings/ valve seal problem?

sicones

08-09-2005, 09:39 PM

compression test and connect a vacume guage, if you look in a helms its tells you how to do it and what to look for

IALuder

08-09-2005, 10:09 PM

hmm, never thought to look in the book.

ebpda9

08-09-2005, 10:59 PM

leak down test. that is the best to do without having the engine apart