SR, blown headgasket?

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s14sleepyeyez
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I am looking into trading my s14 for this s13 swapped. So here is some video of vehicle and tell me what you think the problem is with this smoke, owner says its blown headgasket? LMK thanks

http://s66.photobucket.com/alb...6.flv

http://s66.photobucket.com/alb...7.flv



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Warped
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well definately looks like it could be a head gasket

s14sleepyeyez
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i hope thats all that is.

wheelsspin
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Only two things make a grey or white colored exhaust and those are an overly rich fuel mixture, and moisture(coolant). If there is a loss of coolant and no puddle, I would say yes. Another quick check would be to remove the radiator cap when the engine is cold, make sure it is full and check for the fluid to burble and possibly overflow. This would be caused by the break in the gasket seal introducing compression from the cylinder into the coolant passage. Also, there are now shops that have oil testing machines on site that can produce results in about 7 minutes, checking for many different types of contamination.

s14sleepyeyez
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yeah the owner was saying that his coolant reserve was leaking or something like that, something about his coolant, but Imma check it out sometime this week or next. Thats what I thought, the fuel mixture.


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