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broken radiator? or bad headgasket?
ok so my svx is overheating. my cousin says its the radiator but my friend says its the headgasket. the problem is that on the highways it stays on normal level but when i get out of the highway it starts overheating. when i open the cap from the radiator, there is a white pinkwish mix but when i checked the engine oil is clean. it does not loose that much antifreeze but it still overheating. is there any place where they can test my radiator so i dont have to buy another one? thank you
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Re: broken radiator? or bad headgasket?
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Re: broken radiator? or bad headgasket?
Headgaskets, you need to do them
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but wouldnt be like antifreeze on the engine oil too? how much do you think will be labor. i already order the parts from subaru Last edited by evilsvx; 05-03-2009 at 10:05 AM. |
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Re: broken radiator? or bad headgasket?
From what I understand these engines rarely mix engine oil and coolant when they have blown head gaskets.
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Re: broken radiator? or bad headgasket?
yes, but I have seen it before. It all depends on where the break is in the gasket. Commonly it breaks just outside of the compression ring in the head gasket and leaks compression into the coolant. Other times it can break between oil and coolant jackets and mix the two into eachother or just one into another. Never the less, the gasket is broken or lifted and there is still an issue that requires the repair.
A Headgasket repair is almost all labor. The parts are not terribly expensive but it takes several hours to do it right Tom |
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Last edited by evilsvx; 05-03-2009 at 10:56 AM. |
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In simple terms, its prudent to have a little preventative maintenance done while the heads are off to avoid future problems, and ensure peace of mind.
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Re: broken radiator? or bad headgasket?
It's one of those "let's just do it while we're in here" things. Like replacing the water pump while you're doing a timing belt job.
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I would like to humbly declare a section of I-80 between Sacramento and Truckee "Oops I blew my head gasket" alley. So far in the last 3 weeks, I have successfully diagnosed 14 blown head gaskets, including 5 subies. While writing them up, I always ask "did ya drive with it in the red for very long?", I overwhelmingly get a sheepish "yeah for about ten minutes after I saw it there.."
I get the long climbing grades from sea level to 7000 feet where we are, and that people often neglect their fluids, but seeing the needle pegged into the red and saying "der dee derrrrr" while continuing to climb Donner summit at 70mph makes me shake my head. Ill just keep filling the vial with the blue fluid, watch it turn yellow, and getting their $89 for my 3 minutes of diag.. |
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