Hi there,
I've been searching the forums a little bit (and will some more after this in case I find a post with my problem). I've got what I think is the stereotypical blown head gasket on my mother's car and while I'm in town over the summer I'd like to get it fixed for her so that I can have my car back :-P. After the car's been running for a few minutes (~5 minutes usually) the temperature starts to rapidly rise and the car overheats and pours white smoke out of the engine compartment. After pulling the car over and letting it cool for a few hours I can start it back up (though not without a lot of trouble, like sometimes upwards of ten minutes before it'll start, but I think that's a different issue altogether) and drive it a little bit again. The car smells of what I believe is burnt coolant and the reservoir tank for the coolant is incredibly milky and thick like sludge/syrup. I was reading another post and it mentioned checking the oil dipstick for a milky color there as well and besides it looking like it needs to be changed it looks completely fine. Does anyone have any other tips for verifying the issue before I start a complete disassembly and start to replace the head gasket?
Like I said, I'm gonna lurk the forums some more and search around but this is my guess to the issue. Thanks a ton for any help! :-)
Chris
