Diagnosing a Bad Head Gasket: How to Spot the Telltale Signs.

If you suspect your car may have a bad head gasket, it's important to diagnose the blown head gasket before it causes more serious damage to your engine. In this video, I'll show you how to spot the telltale signs of a failing head gasket, including low engine compression, overheating, coolant loss, and more. I will also show you the different things a head gasket seals. In addition to that I will also show you why a bad head gasket has the symptoms that it has. Finally, I'll walk you through the basic diagnostic process, so you can determine if in fact, you do have a blown head gasket or not.

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00:00 Intro
00:04 Why you need to understand the symptoms of a bad head gasket.
00:42 What this video is going to cover.
1:22 Engine Teardown
1:57 What does a head gasket seal?
4:21 Symptom #1: Coolant and Oil Mixing
7:07 Symptom#2: White Smoke, Bubbling Coolant, Misfires, & Overheating
10:12 Symptom #3: External Leaks
10:51 Pressure testing the cooling system
12:08 Where my head gasket was leaking from.
13:05 Checking for coolant leaks into cylinders
14:36 Compression testing
15:00 Combustion gas leak testing
15:47 What my bad head gasket looked like.
16:34 How long can you drive with a blown head gasket?
19:22 Outro

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