Does the car overheat?
If the head gasket is blown:
1. remove the radiator cap & start car (apply parking/emergency brake).
1. When the engine warms to operating temp, there will be "steam" bubbles coming from the radiator opening.
2. There will be WHITE smoke and water drops coming from the tailpipe..
3. Your oil dipstick will have a "white milky" liquid mixed with the oil.
If none of these are present (normal to have some water dripping from the tailpipe) then the head gasket is probably ok.
testing the compression on each cylinder may be inconclusive, so I don't recommend going to the trouble of a compression test (yet).
1. Obtain a good radiator flush (Prestone) and clean out your system a couple of times.
2. Really good OEM radiators:Try "Cactus Radiators" or any that anyone else recommends.
Please reply or comment .. I may have more info.
Hope this helps!
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