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I had a smoking problem until warm up and also overheating in traffic. One plug was steam cleaned on right side. Replaced the head gasket on that side and it was fixed. 2000 miles later I had the same problem with the left side. Again replaced the head gasket and seemed to have solved all of the symptoms. Except that I still have the exhaust bubbles in the radiator with a slow loss of coolent. Compression is 170 in all four. No water in the oil. A slight overheating in traffic (it rides up to the middle of the gage). Runs great with no vibration. No smoking cold or hot. Just the bubbles and slow loss of coolent. I'm afraid of either a cracked block, warped head, or maybe I didn't clean the surface or scratched the surface during the previous job. Do these things need to retorqued at some point? Is there anything anyone can suggest for testing? Can a warped head be fixed? Can a cracked block be visualized with heads off? What next? Thanks guys (and the occasional gal).
I had a smoking problem until warm up and also overheating in traffic. One plug was steam cleaned on right side. Replaced the head gasket on that side and it was fixed. 2000 miles later I had the same problem with the left side. Again replaced the head gasket and seemed to have solved all of the symptoms. Except that I still have the exhaust bubbles in the radiator with a slow loss of coolent. Compression is 170 in all four. No water in the oil. A slight overheating in traffic (it rides up to the middle of the gage). Runs great with no vibration. No smoking cold or hot. Just the bubbles and slow loss of coolent. I'm afraid of either a cracked block, warped head, or maybe I didn't clean the surface or scratched the surface during the previous job. Do these things need to retorqued at some point? Is there anything anyone can suggest for testing? Can a warped head be fixed? Can a cracked block be visualized with heads off? What next? Thanks guys (and the occasional gal).