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what do these symptoms sound like?

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jstang209

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I really like this girl and we started talking about cars and she told asked me if i could go look at her car to see whats wrong it. i went and looked.. its a 86 toyota camry lol.. i started it up and all the dash lights were stuck on for 1.. i let the car run for 15 minutes and everything seemed fine other thanthe lights and black smoke out the back. she told me she hasnt driven it since it "blew up on her"
so ill i have so far is.
1. Overheating
2. water in the oil
3.black smoke
4. oil shooting out the dipstick hole

maybe a head gasket? she said some mexican mechanic looked at it and said her head was cracked.. but i wasnt sure.. i listed for leaks and looks for cracks and didnt really see anything.. but then again oil was everywhere!
 

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I could be a head gasket, cracked head, or even a cracked block. You would have to remove the head, inspect the head gasket, and have the head checked by a machine shop. This should give you some answers.
 

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No date is worth that amount of work.
But maybe that's why I never got married...

Oil blowing out the dipstick suggests compression is getting into the crankcase - MASSIVE blowby.
coolant in the oil combined with the above would suggest a cracked block...

That is no way to do a diagnosis though...

I hope you have more luck with her, than she had with the car...



jason
 
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haha thanks
 
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