Blown Head Gasket Symptoms!

Dejvid1785 · 01-27-2006, 01:13 AM

I have a 88 NA supra, i'm trying to figure out if my thermostat is out or is my head gasket blown? What usually happens or what symptoms there are when your head gasket is blown?

TONY! · 01-27-2006, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dejvid1785

...or is my head gasket blown? What usually happens or what symptoms there are when your head gasket is blown?

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Bullz_EyE · 01-27-2006, 04:54 AM

Milky oil cap.
Milky dipstick.
Coolant loss.
Steam out of exhaust.

That's the stuff I saw yesterday after I drove my car for the 1st time in over a month, after replacing the head gasket. Yessssss.

Oh, and when you drain the oil, it should be nice and watered down too.

TONY! · 01-27-2006, 11:42 AM

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Milky oil cap.
Milky dipstick.
Coolant loss.
Steam out of exhaust.

That's the stuff I saw yesterday after I drove my car for the 1st time in over a month, after replacing the head gasket. Yessssss.

Oh, and when you drain the oil, it should be nice and watered down too.

I guess you had a water jacket to oil channel leak.
Not all BHG's are like this, I think most are the cylinder to water jacket leak type.

With my BHG, the oil was perfect. It came to a point where the combustion gasses would just cause the car to spit out coolant even in idle, yet the oil and coolant never mixed or had a leak amongst each other.

Bullz_EyE · 01-27-2006, 02:36 PM

My cars tail pipe looks like it's a steam engine. lol, I'm replacing my MHG with a composite one tomorrow.

Dejvid1785 · 01-28-2006, 02:01 AM

I don't have any smoke out of the exhaust or milky oil, but i am losing coolant!! Could that still be thermostat or something else? My temp gauge never stays still it sits up top showing that its over heating but the car isn't over heating and is driveable and suddenly it jumps back down, if anybody knows answer me. Thanx!

lethalwithasupra · 01-28-2006, 02:19 AM

yea i did that too Bullz_EyE - crimped the head gasket putting it on. $100 and 3 days for a new one. ordered it friday, weekend was agony

dcrusupra · 01-28-2006, 03:04 AM

I have the problem with the temp gauge, but luckily no problems. While im driving it shoots back and forth. Its either cold or overheating or where it should be. Most of the time it says its really hot. But its still good and driveable. So its just a malfunction with the temp gauge. Not much of a nuisance so i dont worry about it. My gas gauge is like this too. I dont pay attention to the needle but when that little orange light comes on, its definitely time to get gas. Goodluck and hope its not the BHG.

Dejvid1785 · 01-28-2006, 04:54 AM

Can anybody tell me how to test that to see if it really is the HG, is there an easy way to test it out?

TONY! · 01-28-2006, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dejvid1785

Can anybody tell me how to test that to see if it really is the HG, is there an easy way to test it out?

From
Scruffboys tale of woe

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Originally Posted by TONY!

...In this leaking...do you see that your overflow is full after driving when it gets hot?
Do you lose coolant from that area? A very cheap way to see if you are losing coolant from that area is to put a container (soda bottle) after the overflow dump tube. If the overflow dump tube spits out coolant in the bottle...well, that would indicate that combustion gasses are forcing the coolant out of the system. That would mean you have a BHG in that case.
A cheap test. I learned that trick from Duane (upgradedsupra) so he gets merit for that idea....

Also, the guy that put that Cygnus site up, has some awesome write ups!
http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/techtips.html

And within that, there is a good write up on BHG's.
http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/techtip/bhgfaq.html

01-27-2006, 01:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dejvid1785 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 191	Blown Head Gasket Symptoms! I have a 88 NA supra, i'm trying to figure out if my thermostat is out or is my head gasket blown? What usually happens or what symptoms there are when your head gasket is blown? __________________ 88 Targa: Exhaust, Headers, Intake

01-27-2006, 04:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bullz_EyE 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 238	Milky oil cap. Milky dipstick. Coolant loss. Steam out of exhaust. That's the stuff I saw yesterday after I drove my car for the 1st time in over a month, after replacing the head gasket. Yessssss. Oh, and when you drain the oil, it should be nice and watered down too. __________________ Function Over Form - Form Follows Function 88 MkIII Jurbo

01-27-2006, 02:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bullz_EyE 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 238	My cars tail pipe looks like it's a steam engine. lol, I'm replacing my MHG with a composite one tomorrow. __________________ Function Over Form - Form Follows Function 88 MkIII Jurbo

01-28-2006, 02:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dejvid1785 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 191	I don't have any smoke out of the exhaust or milky oil, but i am losing coolant!! Could that still be thermostat or something else? My temp gauge never stays still it sits up top showing that its over heating but the car isn't over heating and is driveable and suddenly it jumps back down, if anybody knows answer me. Thanx! __________________ 88 Targa: Exhaust, Headers, Intake

01-28-2006, 02:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
lethalwithasupra 3" Exhaust Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: south cantebury Posts: 112	yea i did that too Bullz_EyE - crimped the head gasket putting it on. $100 and 3 days for a new one. ordered it friday, weekend was agony __________________ So I bought this old Honda bike, an NSR250. Bit of a street racer, I guess. I'm told they're fast. Delivering it home with a friend driving the Supra for the first time. I drop gears and make a scream from the twin pipes flowing down this pony's flanks and it takes off like it's tail's on fire. I look back when the Honda gets to its tap-out and the Supra's only two lengths behind. No one I've let ride my bike has told me its slow, they've all loved the thing. That car is a good thing indeed.

01-28-2006, 03:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
dcrusupra Jive Turkey MOD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Plantation, Fl. Posts: 1,059	I have the problem with the temp gauge, but luckily no problems. While im driving it shoots back and forth. Its either cold or overheating or where it should be. Most of the time it says its really hot. But its still good and driveable. So its just a malfunction with the temp gauge. Not much of a nuisance so i dont worry about it. My gas gauge is like this too. I dont pay attention to the needle but when that little orange light comes on, its definitely time to get gas. Goodluck and hope its not the BHG. __________________ New Rebuild My CarDomain NEW SITE: MY NEW SUPRA FORUM

01-28-2006, 04:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dejvid1785 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 191	Can anybody tell me how to test that to see if it really is the HG, is there an easy way to test it out? __________________ 88 Targa: Exhaust, Headers, Intake

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