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How do you know when a head gasket is blown? If it is will that steel seal for head gaskets fix the problem?

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  • Anonymous Sep 27, 2008

    leaking coolent and stops running when you are at a dead stop just sometmes

  • wingfield Oct 21, 2008

    how do i know for sure the headgasket is blown and is their any quick fix out there

  • Anonymous Mar 15, 2014

    blown head gasket how to change

  • Anonymous Mar 16, 2014

    I have serious oil in cooling system problem and I wanted to know what you thought about using the product Steel Seal for the head gasket issue

  • Anonymous Mar 17, 2014

    the van is overheating and however there is enough coolent

  • Anonymous Mar 19, 2014

    but still running hot

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    I believe i have a bad head gasket.

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    What is steel seal?

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    Can you tell me how will know?

  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2014

    how to replace

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There are many was a head gasket can blow . sometimes they just leak to the outside sometimes they leak to the coolant and then it blows out your antifreeze. if you have a blown head gasket you will see it when you pull the head. and yes you should hace the head checked at a machine shop and install with a new head set never reuse a gasket .
later paul

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SOURCE: Does anyone know if the steel seal works for blown

I used steel seal on a 93 Mazda pickup, it had 130,000 miles and it smoked like a steam engine out the tailpipe, I used the product and now have 189,000 miles and still running great.

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