| The way to check for a blown head gasket is to start the engine and (while cold) remove the radiator cap and place your palm over the fill neck. If you can feel pulsing then you most definitely have a blown HG. Another way to tell is if you remove the oil cap and there is white or very light colored brown goo on it. When changing the oil was it unusually thin? especially in the beginning? Last way to tell is to do a compression test. did you follow correct installation procedure?
did you torque the heads in 3 steps per the manual?
did you clean the gasket surfaces thoroughly?
did you use new head bolts?
was the block square and flat?
*disclaimer*: all that I say may be true or I may be completely wrong and I accept that.... please, it is your duty as another person on the internet to in-politely tell me how wrong I am :) "The dreaded 2nd windshiled wiper swipe when you turn it off its almost like tis showing you that it's boss, and it doesn't have to stop when you tell it to :("-College Boy (discussion on ptu relocation)
"No good reason to put it there anyway. -Bernie (NoVA)
False -vorpalZ
False. -Bernie (NoVA)
You're correct, there are 3 good reasons -vorpalZ
False. -Bernie (NoVA)
Wow, right again, just remembered another, make that 4 -vorpalZ"
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