Please confirm that this is a bad headgasket.

Slater · 08-25-2006, 07:10 PM

Started when I was doing some spirited driving on a local highway, noticed it was accelerating slowly, and the temp guage shot up from normal temperature to over the biggest line on H in a total of about 2 minutes. Pulled over and I saw smoke come out of the coolant reservoir area, and coolant pouring out of overflow bottle. Also heard a constant gurgling sound coming from the engine bay. It overheats often when I drive it now, even if shifting normaly. I am losing coolant, and there are very big chunks of white smoke coming out of the tailpipe when the car is first started after a break. It was taken to emmisions testing and got almost double the allowed NOx reading (12xx vs. 22xx) , and passed every other test.

The car has 186,000 miles, and from what I was told by the previous owner (older guy), it is original everything. Will burp out the cooling system and confirm as soon as I get time.

Thanks for helping a n00b.

08-25-2006, 07:10 PM	#1
Slater Stock Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 3	Please confirm that this is a bad headgasket. Started when I was doing some spirited driving on a local highway, noticed it was accelerating slowly, and the temp guage shot up from normal temperature to over the biggest line on H in a total of about 2 minutes. Pulled over and I saw smoke come out of the coolant reservoir area, and coolant pouring out of overflow bottle. Also heard a constant gurgling sound coming from the engine bay. It overheats often when I drive it now, even if shifting normaly. I am losing coolant, and there are very big chunks of white smoke coming out of the tailpipe when the car is first started after a break. It was taken to emmisions testing and got almost double the allowed NOx reading (12xx vs. 22xx) , and passed every other test. The car has 186,000 miles, and from what I was told by the previous owner (older guy), it is original everything. Will burp out the cooling system and confirm as soon as I get time. Thanks for helping a n00b. __________________ 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo Please PM me if you are local (1-2 hrs away) and have parts cars.