What are the signs of a head gasget failure on any vehicle?

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1) external oil leak (you'll see it)
2) oil leak into anti-freeze (anti-freeze having oil floating around)
3) anti-freeze leak into oil (milky oil)
4) smoke coming from engine/exhaust
5) mis-fire and loss of power
6) fouled plugs (black deposit on plugs)

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Check your oil level if there are white spots on it your head gasket has gone

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When its really gone, white smoke from the exhaust, and plenty of water coming from there too.

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your car may smoke or you may loose oil and or water
+ it will run like crap

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Check if water is getting into the oil

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easy: is there water in the oil or vice versa - look on the dipstick or under the radiator cap

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Open the radiator cap on a cold engine with the engine running. If you see bubbles, that is exhaust leaking into your cooling system.

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most common signs are temperature fluctuations and/or overheating, no heat, white smoke comming from your exhaust generally smells sweetish. milky oil from checking dip-stick. oil in radiator. some of these symptoms can be caused by other problems as well but this is a general list to check. hope it helps

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Lots of smoke and the car won't go.

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Water in the oil, 'milky oil'.

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Lack of power is the first indicator as the engine looses compression as the gasket failure allows gasses to escape in the compression stage.

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Milky oil and low oil level or water level, the oil and water emulsify due to oil and water mixing at high temperature.

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hope this helped.

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lots of smoke and people running away from you screaming, it's going to blow.

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Why all this water in the oil business ?? Head gaskets can leak elsewhere without any coolant leaks. If a gasket blows between cylinders and does not blow at the coolant passage from block to head there will be a misfire feeling in the engine. Run a compression test and if two cylinders next to each other have the same reading you have found the gasket failure.

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Depends, Air cooled loss of power and noise like an exhaust b low.
Water cooled engines can blow between cylinders leading to a lousy tick over and power loss, epecially old BL A series engines, others blow water from the cooling system or lose water into the oil, while others leak water or oil externally.
Trouble is the gasket failure will also cause the head to warp needing re facing and if it carries the camshaft it will need facing top cam carrier side as well as arranging for the cam carrier toi be faced to suit , big job.

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lack of power lack of compresion, water and oil mixing together, lossing water, white smoke out of exhorst
lots hope thease help

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Everyone is saying water in oil, milky look. No-one has said the easiest way to see oil in water is to remove the oil filler cap. If there is a pale gunge on the underside, itt is likely the head gasket has gone. But, as said previously, there is more than one way for a head gasket to blow.

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Wait till your engine is warm and then turn on your heater at full heat power. If it blows cold you are losing water and this is a clear indication of a head gasket needind renewal.
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