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vegita319 · 09-08-2004, 09:23 AM

OK, THis is so weird. I have some little swirl things in my coolant that looks like oil. THis would lead me to think i have a blown head gasket. However i did a compression test it was 185 all across. THe compression was the same all across and the dipstick is not milky at all. I just drove to san francisco a few weeks ago too. THat would suck if i have a head gasket failure since all the only sign is the oil in the coolant. but every other test would lead me to conclude other wise. Is is possible to have a problem somewhere else. I dont' want to have to pay nissan 85 dollars to diagnose it since i want to get it fixed. If it turns out it was the headgasket, i might have been better off buying the head gasket using the money that that i would've paid nissan and get it done this weekend. THanks.

09-08-2004, 09:23 AM	#1
vegita319 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Long Beach, CA Age: 39 Posts: 460 Trader Rating: (1)	head gasket failure OK, THis is so weird. I have some little swirl things in my coolant that looks like oil. THis would lead me to think i have a blown head gasket. However i did a compression test it was 185 all across. THe compression was the same all across and the dipstick is not milky at all. I just drove to san francisco a few weeks ago too. THat would suck if i have a head gasket failure since all the only sign is the oil in the coolant. but every other test would lead me to conclude other wise. Is is possible to have a problem somewhere else. I dont' want to have to pay nissan 85 dollars to diagnose it since i want to get it fixed. If it turns out it was the headgasket, i might have been better off buying the head gasket using the money that that i would've paid nissan and get it done this weekend. THanks.