In a message dated 06/02/1999 9:37:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
pete-3@juno.com writes:
<< Quick question
What should the head bolts be torqued too. I ordered a new cap but if
that doesn't work I'm going to try to re-torque the head bolts like
Barrie advised. If the head gasket is bad or the head isn't on tight
enough would the oil and coolant end up mixing? I know the head gasket
leakes oil slowly so this could very well be a possibility. Also, what
would make a car burn oil? Piston rings, valves? Right now my exhaust
is getting pretty thick. It's white with a bluish tint and it seems to
be getting worse slowly.
>>
Matthew,
Is this a 1600 or 2000? Torque is different.
You've got several things going on with head gaskets: they keep the coolant,
oil and compression all separate, and you can have mixtures of any of the 3
of them with a bad gasket. If your exhaust is white/blue I would suspect
coolant and oil getting in. The coolant would most likely (and hopefully) be
a blown head gasket and the blue (oil) could be from rings, valve guides OR
head gasket, or a combination of them.
Pull the plugs and look at them and smell them. If you have a coolant leak
into the combustion chambers, it will likely be isolated to one cylinder and
you should be able to see/feel/smell it on the plugs.
Joseph Berkenbile
70 1600
Albuquerque
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