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Blown head gasket! Oh NO! V70-XC70 1998

posted by  KlausC on  Tue Nov 15 20:40 CST 2011
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Interesting, a headgasket usually does not cause a major leak. Have you found out where the leak is yet? Grab a flashlight and a camera, open the hood and try to find the top most start of the oil leak. Then take a good picture and send it to me.

Replacing a headgasket is not minor surgery. The hardest part is reinstalling the aluminum camshaft cover and making sure the timing has not changed. To say nothing about all new head bolts and exhaust bolts. $1200 sounds a bit harsh, $800 would be more reasonable.

A blown headgasket would make your engine run badly, like it is missfiring on one or two cylinders.

I still think the oil is coming from the rear cam seal, just to the right of the distributer.

Klaus
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