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<blockquote data-quote="MysticRob" data-source="post: 12972952" data-attributes="member: 118642"><p>Damn Jack, that sucks to hear. Sounds like the gasket was blown between a cylinder and coolant passage then. I agree with what Jimmy said about the 10yr old heater core blowing too. Change the heater core, slap a new head gasket on whichever side they discovered the gasket is blown on, and you should be good to go.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Jack, how did you top off the coolant? And are you sure it was overheating, i.e. was the temp gauge indicating it, or were you only going by the steam escaping from under the hood? I ask because (and someone correct me if wrong) it might've NOT overheated if you filled the overflow tank and not the coolant cross-over line. It might've just been releasing the overfill from the tank IF that's how you filled it.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking the heater core being blown makes sense, but it may have simply been old age, and not over-pressurization from a blown head gasket. I'd make damn sure the shop diagnosed it properly by pressurizing each cylinder to discover where the gasket is supposedly blown. And did they actually say both gaskets are blown? That just doesn't make much sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MysticRob, post: 12972952, member: 118642"] Damn Jack, that sucks to hear. Sounds like the gasket was blown between a cylinder and coolant passage then. I agree with what Jimmy said about the 10yr old heater core blowing too. Change the heater core, slap a new head gasket on whichever side they discovered the gasket is blown on, and you should be good to go. EDIT: Jack, how did you top off the coolant? And are you sure it was overheating, i.e. was the temp gauge indicating it, or were you only going by the steam escaping from under the hood? I ask because (and someone correct me if wrong) it might've NOT overheated if you filled the overflow tank and not the coolant cross-over line. It might've just been releasing the overfill from the tank IF that's how you filled it. I'm thinking the heater core being blown makes sense, but it may have simply been old age, and not over-pressurization from a blown head gasket. I'd make damn sure the shop diagnosed it properly by pressurizing each cylinder to discover where the gasket is supposedly blown. And did they actually say both gaskets are blown? That just doesn't make much sense. [/QUOTE]
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