I have a 1996 chevy caviler with a 2.2 L engine. I replace the head gasket and now it smokes and burns oil real bad. What is wrong

SOURCE: Engine replacement 1996 Chevy Blazer

I just replaced my engine in my 1996 blazer myself. Body need not come off, but what an ordeal if its a 4 X 4.

SOURCE: head gasket replacement on a 1984 chevy s10 with a

Replace with a 350

SOURCE: oil pressure drops to 0 at idle

OOO not good sounds like some of the head gasket got stuck somewhere, or the gauge or sender is bad or got knocked around when repairing the head gasket. I would check that first. If that checks out will need to drop the pan to see if something got stuck in the pickup tube,might as well change the pump while you are there. Or worst case some thing wrong with gasket job impeading oil flow back to bottom of the engine. Was the oil and filter changed ?if so pull out filter and see if an chunks are stuck in it now. And change oil and filter again. Sorry that was out of order I had a long day

SOURCE: 1996 chevy cavelier 2.2L engine overheating

you need to bleed the coolant through the radiator tube. there is a bold on the bottom steel line on the driver side of the motor back it out but not all the way and then fill your radiator until antifreeze comes out of the hole on that line. make sure it is a steady stream before tighten it up

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The valve cover gasket isn't hard to change. Oil on the plugs indicates a more serious problem. Smoke from the exhaust would be from rings, rich mixture, worn valve guides. It may be that the engine is overfull (that would show on the stick). Oil loss from a leaking gasket would smoke under the hood and leave oil on the engine and the ground.

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