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head gasket going out?

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plainwrecknate

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for the last month or two my car has been idiling at around 550rpm and the other day while changing the oil i noticed water on two of the header tubes on the passenger side. does this sound like my head gasket is going out? i know the idle is way low, but it's not surging or anything. i would have fixed this long ago but i haven't been the one driving it, my dad has.
 

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How does the oil and coolant look? If either of them is milky colored, then it's a headgasket.
 
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Have you had to add coolant? If it's leaking externally it won't effect your idle. I think a little more investigation on your part is in order.


Good luck
 
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