1999 nissan altima almost starts help please

[juliagalindez]

Last week i had the water pump, thermostat, distributor cap and router, spark plugs and wires, and this week i drove 35 miles just fine, on my way back the car started running badly, stopped at light, blew white smoke, and ultimately overheated on frwy and i stopped the car and hasn't been able to turn over. I pulled the main gas line off and the car actually turned over. I put the line back on and it's almost there. just missing one thing. I know I blew a head gasket but I bought blue devil but can't put it in the car because it won't start. I got all the water out of the car and the 4th cylinder is dry of water. HOW CAN I GET IT TURNED ON PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME. I AM OUT OF IDEAS.

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[WDRacing]

Welcome to Nico! Sorry about your patch of bad luck.

I don't put much faith in any bottle that claims to fix a blown head gasket. IMHO, there is only one way to fix a blown head gasket, pull the head and replace it. I don't know anyone that has used a bottle successfully to fix a head gasket.

[juliagalindez]

Thank you, this is what seems to be the bottom line, I am an optimist and stubborn and a woman so i go at it like there's no tomorrow, but at the end it is inevitable that I have to fix the heads, just don't know how much damage is done. hopefully I can fix it. if not, my next post will be parts for sale. thank you for taking the time to answer me. take care

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Those altimas were pretty common, you might be better off just having a whole used engine swapped in. Is the car in good condition/no rust?

[gwoods]

Car won't start without compression, need a good seal (gasket) between the head and the block to make compression.

If the head isn't warped thats a very easy motor to work on and you can just replace the gasket.