well ive narrowed it down and believe 100 % its intake gasket issue
i went out to check up on my coolant tank level and sure enough it had dropped so then i checked oil level and it was still where i left it , no change.. so thats a relief. so i thought ok the bars copper block/cooling system stop leak crap actually sort of worked .. so i got the ole mirror out and a light and while leaning on the upper radiator hose i noticed a tiny bead of h20 seeping down the line of the intake gasket . i snapped a pic while i squeezed upper hose and caught a bead of water as it exited.. i cant make out the exact origin i believe its about a half inch above the {corner} {"block/head/manifold"} so my logic is stop leak sealed the part letting water into oil and now is seeping externally again sounds crazy but if i can at least one of you to agree with me id feel better...ive changed oil 3 times in the last three days and today level seems to be holding.i guess what i want to here from the gurus is : a simple replacement of the manifold gaskets only should suffice? i truly feel h/g 's are okay what do yall think? i didnt have any coolant in system so only water was introduced to the oil a couple times of which i changed out immediately...i believe the leak was so small that heat from engine would burn it off before making it to the ground. anyway tell me im not just trying to talk myself out of a head gasket job and that i might just be lucky this time..previous owner was so anal im fairly sure he had h/g were replaced under warranty and car was never abused... went out this morning squeezed on the rad hose and slow drip comes from spot described cranked her up an there was a constant drip until warm up then drip stopped went to the store and back and still no leak.. i really think if i could somehow get to a couple of the front intake bolts to tighten it may help --- fuel rail is in the way.. any ideas ? pulled coil pack got to the front two intake bolts and was able to turn a little with low effort just maybe just maybe bought some time???
i went out to check up on my coolant tank level and sure enough it had dropped so then i checked oil level and it was still where i left it , no change.. so thats a relief. so i thought ok the bars copper block/cooling system stop leak crap actually sort of worked .. so i got the ole mirror out and a light and while leaning on the upper radiator hose i noticed a tiny bead of h20 seeping down the line of the intake gasket . i snapped a pic while i squeezed upper hose and caught a bead of water as it exited.. i cant make out the exact origin i believe its about a half inch above the {corner} {"block/head/manifold"} so my logic is stop leak sealed the part letting water into oil and now is seeping externally again sounds crazy but if i can at least one of you to agree with me id feel better...ive changed oil 3 times in the last three days and today level seems to be holding.i guess what i want to here from the gurus is : a simple replacement of the manifold gaskets only should suffice? i truly feel h/g 's are okay what do yall think? i didnt have any coolant in system so only water was introduced to the oil a couple times of which i changed out immediately...i believe the leak was so small that heat from engine would burn it off before making it to the ground. anyway tell me im not just trying to talk myself out of a head gasket job and that i might just be lucky this time..previous owner was so anal im fairly sure he had h/g were replaced under warranty and car was never abused... went out this morning squeezed on the rad hose and slow drip comes from spot described cranked her up an there was a constant drip until warm up then drip stopped went to the store and back and still no leak.. i really think if i could somehow get to a couple of the front intake bolts to tighten it may help --- fuel rail is in the way.. any ideas ? pulled coil pack got to the front two intake bolts and was able to turn a little with low effort just maybe just maybe bought some time???
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