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Blown head gasket! Oh NO! V70-XC70 1998

posted by  kcookvt on  Tue Nov 15 21:00 CST 2011
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The car is definitely running well; I smell burning oil, and the oil leak when the car is parked is pretty substantial. I'll try to find the source and take a pic, but the mechanic (with a flashlight and a telescoping angle mirror) was having difficulty finding it, though he did mention the rear cam seal.

The mechanic suggested the head gasket might be worth doing in that, if they fix the rear cam seal and the leak is still there, that would indicate the head gasket is the issue. Then, they would have to go back in and duplicate some of the teardown in order to do the head gasket. The idea he is presenting is that if they do the head gasket, the cam seals would be part of that job and it would all be taken car of at one time. Does that sound right?






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