How can you tell if a head gasket is blown or it's a cracked head

Asked by Richard Jul 01, 2016 at 09:25 PM about the 2006 Ford Mustang V6 Coupe RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

This car has 21k miles and has never over heated, just has all the classic
signs of head gasket issues

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Auto_Centric answered 8 years ago

A quick modern way is to "sniff" the coolant for combustion by products CO..with a gas analyzer (hand held) common tool in a decent shop.. 10 minutes, Done.

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Kelly answered 8 years ago

yes and no.....are you loosing water/oil/or compression?? just pull the heads and do it right,,

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Trawill29 answered 5 years ago

I have a Kia Optima 2007 4 cylinder automatic just put a new radiator in it and when I try to crank the car with the radiator cap off and blows the water out the radiator what is wrong

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