Wildwill2855

Anyone have any blown head gasket pics, i looked but they looked old and used but nothing was blown apart? ill check the intake gaskets but i thought they looked fine?

BAD 97 WS-6

I pulled my heads off today. Looking just at the gasket made it hard to tell. I looked at the heads and one cylinder was clean while the rest were black. So I was able to tell where the gasket let loose.

thebrainhart

Here are mine.
I apparently blew both gaskets.
One definate coolant leak in cylinder 7 (pic 1) (this one hydro-locked the cylinder), and a definate compression leak in cylinder 2 (into a bolt hole) (pic 2), and one possible coolant leakin cylinder 8 (pic 3).

http://www.ufba.org/forum/index.php?...;id=1819;image

http://www.ufba.org/forum/index.php?...;id=1820;image

http://www.ufba.org/forum/index.php?...;id=1821;image

BAD 97 WS-6

Below is the link to my blown gasket. This are the Felpro PT9966. I was told by someone that said they did research that these were just as good as any others. Knowing they were only $18 from Advance Auto, I should have figured they weren't. It only last 1,000 miles. I got white smoke sometimes, but gradually got worse. I knew it wasnt all the way blown because it didnt happen all the time. The material from the gasket started eating away due TO BEING CHEAP!!! I will do my own research next time.

www.marvb3.com/blowngasket.jpg

Wildwill2855

Hm, i got the 17.99 gaskets from autozone, i wonder if their ****ty to, but their felpro's?

Mindgame

Make sure to check the head surface flatness before you bolt everything back together. Especially if you "blew a gasket".

-Mindgame

96speed

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...79_88_full.jpg

Ryan

97WS6SCharged

I got some at the house. I'll put them back into webshots in the morning. I blew the steel compression ring apart and into the water port. It was disturbing.