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White smoke and high idle

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cliff88145

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Okay I'll start from the top. Completed a H/C/I change out with a trick flow top end kit recently. Only have about 30mi scene I did the change out. The car blows white smoke like crazy. I know its radiator fluid because with the car idling for a few minuets the radiator water goes down about 3inch's.
I did a compression check and the cylinder's are round 125psi stone cold. NO oil in the radiator fluid and looks like no water in my oil. I have high idle too.
Does this sound like it's my lower intake or a blow head gasket?


Update, at first I did only compression check on some of the cylinders but went back and did them all and the #2 & #8 cylinders have no compression in them
 
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Its a bad headgasket did you put the right side up
 

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It really does sound like a HG. If it was your lower manifold gasket it would probably be leaking fluid out of the block, not inside the combustion chamber.
 

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How would I blow a head gasket if the car did not even get up to operating temp? And what can I do next time for this not to happen?
 

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What head gaskets should I buy if I plan on running a supercharger one day?
 
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