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Hi Spook,
I am well, thank you, I hope you are well too!
Look, I just did the test you suggested, honestly the oil doe not look bad, I would say more on the black side, which is what I would expect.
It could also be that the amount of coolant mixing is not enough to generate that type of pale chocolate milk color you refer to.
Once the engine runs smoothly after the first minute it has been turned on (which sounds like it starts with 3 cylinders instead of 4, just to give you an idea on how rough it sounds), if you drive the car, it drives perfectly.
The car is in my my garage since yesterday, engine is stone cold, I started slowly to unscrew the coolant tank cap, there is lots of pressure,
I can see coolant leaking in all the radiator hose connections, as well as the one under the tank itself.
This morning, the coolant level is still max. but I think that level of pressure should not be there when the engine is cold.
I changed one month ago the oil coolant gasket, if something was wrong in the reassembly, (I really cannot think of anything really), it would have been noticeable immediately.
How frequently should the headgasked be replaced?
Alessandro
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