HELP!!! Water leak inside the engine....... 95 240sx

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roy23pim
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Ok so today i go and turn on the car and it starts up but then the car starts shaking while idling and theres puffs of white smoke coming out of the muffler, not alot but enough to notice it .. so maybe i think its the spark plugs so i take them off and i see that the #1 is alittle wet and the #4 is heavily wet .. so i get a flashlight to look down to the piston and in the #4 piston i see alot of water on top the piston .. so i start freaking out n getting pissed lol and then i check the oil and the oil is like this light brownish color .. so i get in the car and crank it but i dont turn it on, well it wouldn't anyways because i have all the spark plugs off, so i just crank it and a whole lot of water flies out of the #4 piston cylinder.. and i had just filled up the radiator with water and after it was all empty so i know that water is getting in somehow .. what could of caused so much water to get inside the cylinder?


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headgasket

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Slipstream wrote:headgasket
With warpage if your still running it

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OutToWinPAHC wrote:
With warpage if your still running it
well i just did a rebuild back in January and the mechanic sent the head to the machine shop so i dont think its warp .. so it could be just the headgasket

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I'm doubtful if its filling the cylinder up pretty good. Pull the head, take it to the machine shop and have them check it for you. Then check the decking and look for cracks.

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OutToWinPAHC wrote: I'm doubtful if its filling the cylinder up pretty good. Pull the head, take it to the machine shop and have them check it for you. Then check the decking and look for cracks.
well yea im gonna change the headgasket n have the head checked by the machine shop .. oh n the head gasket i bought when i did the rebuild was from oreillys and so now im hearing from some friends that they suck .. its better to go with an oem or aftermarket .. and i do go drifting sometimes so i don't think that headgasket handled it to well lol

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oreillys would be aftermarket. Get a quality name brand gasket set.


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