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I've never actually had a intake gasket failure on my of my cars... But most are 100k+ specials. I have seen plenty at the j/y, though. i have done

 

 

Suggestion/question....

I removed the inner seal(that vents to the reservoir) on one car when I thought it had a failed gasket (turns out it was tranny fluid from a busted transcooler, not oil in coolant) Thus preventing the coolant from becoming pressurized and finding the leak to leak back the other direction, which would be much worse that oil leaking into cooolant. I think this ultimately prevented contamination of the trans fluid buy never allowing the coolant to reach a higher presure than the oil/trans fluid (such as when car engine shut off hot)

 

Would this be a suitable temporary measure to prevent major damage and keep a vehicle on the road? (Yeah I had to add coolant about once a week, but with a bad trans cooler, there would also be an inch of trans fluid on top, which i would need to displace)

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i dont know but its been over 100+K now since i bought it....

 

my engine wont just blow up right?

 

should i see symptoms like toro toro?

 

loss of coolant, coolant in the oil, milky, and can turn into what you saw, a disgusting mess

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crap! now i have that fudge on the oil cap!

 

shit! how long before it goes? i really need that car to go to houston this weekend.

 

where do i go to have that fixed since i have no idea what i am doing!

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f_399, I made my sugggestion on your post, the same TEMPORARY zero pressure coolant system operation to negate leaks from pressure(p.s.as mentioned above as well). BUT monitor the situation carefully if you temporarily run a zero pressure system, regularly checking oil and coolant....

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I actually ran out and bought another car when this happened, since i thought my goose was cooked, I made the decision to run it figuring it would last a few weeks.....(I still had to commute 30 miles to work:shock:) , but discovered my problem was a leaking internal trans cooler in the radiator.

 

 

I recommend getting it fixed asap.

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If your keeping it (wich it sound like your not) It costs roughly 600-900$ to get dont at a shop or dealer.

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A member in mymonte.com near my place volunteered to help me out. I will probably have the car towed to his place

 

anyone in the dfw area want to learn hehe?

 

 

What a nice guy! I will definitely need to pay him... he is saving my life!

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C-BAD, I saw you thought about doing the Head gaskets...... I would not do them, personally.... since they are not the problem. (don't fix what ain't broke!) I'm glad it sounds like your repair was successful!

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C-BAD, I saw you thought about doing the Head gaskets...... I would not do them, personally.... since they are not the problem. (don't fix what ain't broke!) I'm glad it sounds like your repair was successful!

 

That's what I thought. And I didn't want to spend $150 or so on parts!

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are the intake gaskets the only one that broke?

 

no need to replace the head gasket?

 

a friend looked at the engine and said it would be hard to get to the gaskets near the firewall, does that need to be replaced?

 

where can i find a write up on this?

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Gaskets near the firewall? The rear head gasket? Your intake gaskets are most likely the problem anyways.

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Yeah my intake gaskets were toast. I will eventually take pics of them. The headgaskets seem to be fine I didn't replace them, no need to unless you think you do (oil mixing with coolant, BURNING coolant). LIM it just seems to drink the coolant into the oil with no other symptoms.

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