How to Tell if Your Head Gasket is Blown 

I have a question how do u know when its the head gasket or bad piston rings ?

if it's bad piston rings it would be in the oil, not the coolant

Scotty Kilmer greetings Mr Kilmer I have a question on my windstar 2002, today i change my spark plugs and when i took of the #3 spark plug i heard something pouring out of the spark plug hole, well it was water , engine previously has been working fine and after i change the sparks today it started with no problem. Any guess of what might be? Thanks !

Just wanted to say I've learned more useful mechanic tips from this car guy than any other ever on RU-vid. And all without hearing some annoying music in the background.. GENIUS

How Can U Tell If U Crack A Head On A 03 Dodge Durango 4.7li v8

One of these days, I'm popping the coolant cap and Scotty bounces out telling to revv it up.

Its not like he can change much he a old man, personality at that age is set

@@Garo10 He ain't old. He's 35.

Or ringing big bells

10 years later!!!

Lol

How many does he have now?

@SWIM SWIM meh could be more, try 9000? Perhaps

Wow,...only 49 years?

Lmao this made me laugh so hard

Luqman Abdul Latif its not the same intro anymore it used to be cool burnouts and stuff now its some dumb spedometer thing.

@@theeleganttouch 10 years later 🤣🤣

@@ne9835 11 years later

@@prettysus6039 👌

@@prettysus6039 11 years 1 month bahaha

been there , done that..overnight in the hospital for it

Engine was hot, but didn't seem to be under pressure. Guess my engine is deadmeat.

Or you can just loosen the cap a little and let it depressurise then remove it

@dcareyHQvideos Same problem but my radiator was broken

Literally just fucked myself

Are they aluminum?

Pierre Topeze i have something similar but in this case is the oil its a blu oil.

Sure the tester is great but knowing what to look for without it is worth mentioning. Not everybody is a mechanic or enthusiast either so showing how to do things without the special tool is often overlooked by people that have a lot of tools and like tools. I mean I have spark testers at home but I don't carry them, it's not like you can't test for spark more crudely... Normally I like milkshakes, the kind you mention...not so much. I like this channel, I'm just saying in general people with a lot of tools often don't mention how you do something on the road with less tools... I once removed my license light with pigtail wires to use as a test light instead of just being helpless or waiting for a friend to take to the store to get a test light or multimeter. A perfect example is if you have a multimeter you tend to use it even for things a test light, crude or otherwise would suffice for. I worry that old useful knowledge is slipping away even if in your example that's a late symptom... It's still good to look at your coolant and oil regularly... I'll give an example, I had to fix some trailer lights and didn't have a test light, multimeter or vehicle with trailer light plug so I used an old school battery charger to send current down the wires one by one to find my problem using a nail and a piece of wire clamped in the alligator clips...more people own a battery charger or jumper cables for that matter than multimeters/VOMs... I've done that too used jumper cables to test trailer lights and a wire or two and a nail... Even when you own that stuff do you keep it in your car? Warning new school battery chargers have to sense some current to put out current so they won't work for this! Why not just hook up trailer to vehicle? Maybe you want to see which has the problem? Maybe you are looking at a used trailer driving your non-tow vehicle...and so on ... Even when you have special tools, and I have some, at home it's good to know how to proceed without them...steal a wire from a noncritical system or a hose or jump something... You don't McGyver stuff so much when in a fully stocked shop... Even with mechanics I see this but I don't have the proper tools attitude as if people didn't do it without some of those in the past... I'm not criticizing you at all I guess I just wanted to spout off...

Don't listen to mechanics. Lying and taking the lazy route is their first choice

LOL

😂😂😂

seheadhunter50 only if your using a shitty mechanic 🤷‍♂️

@@yournamehere3679 you don't know what you don't know

Would be a smart idea.

It's really easy to tell without the kit. I also want to say you get what you pay for.

I don't think the seller will let you do all this on his car xD

Jay Funny Don't forget to bring a cigar to check for vacuum leaks. lol

just feel the top radiator hose after a drive, if its very hard then theres a fault, if its soft then its good

YEAH, RIGHT ON MAN, ON ANOTHER CHANNEL THIS VIDEO WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 15 MIN+ :))))

2001 Honda Civic head gasket

he's really good at presenting and editing.

Yep!

Hi Scotty, I have a corolla 16 valve A5 engine . last night i drove it and just realized later that my manifold was as red as a Charcoal. what may be the cause ?

same LOL

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I agree, I have subbed. I like how the videos are not ridiculously long and don't ramble. Absolutely straight to the point, no nonsense :)

Scotty Kilmer what if it doesn't start & will this work on a motorbike ??? same principle I guess

5TRYD4 it works on any internal combustion engine, but if the engine does not start, you would have to do a compression test instead as no Co2 would be created to show the leak

Scotty Kilmer thanks awesome advice, just have to figure out how to do a compression test on my vn750 :))

lmfao

Mine blew out on an intersection, fucking sucked. I was 2 blocks from work. Coolant was all in my oil, white smoke...embarrassing. Bittersweet now have a new car.

This how I feel as of now

Lmao!!!

Don't trust dealership. They told me I had a blown gasket it was actually a bad water pump. Shameful trying to rip off a poor senior citizen 👹

@@Z3sty367 what did u do when you blew it can you just change the engine heads and it should be good?

niether engines fault

no, same test, both produce co2 which the kit measures

I rewound and watched that part again, it was just too much and unexpected!

lmao too funny

lmao

Definitely best part of video Scotty hahah

I am not a seafoam fan, and if you change the oil regularly color means nothing, but if you're really worried, use a bottle of engine flush, then change the oil and filter to get rid of blackness

Aww man thank you bro YOU ARE GREAT

Have you seen bad effects from seafoam?

Yeah like if the dealership will let you walk off without an "unnecessary engine overhaul" hahaha props mate!

you can rent this tester at autozone for free! even the fluid is free!

juck huo thanks for that info heading there in the AM

You can also rent a torque wrench, serpentine belt tool, and have your battery and alternator tested for free. You technically have to buy the tools, but you get a full refund, including tax, when you return them.

@@kylandaminick13 your a life saver

@Yous Uck. That was great. Lol

@@Mr-ow3mk Lookup schrodinger’s cat

head could have been cracked or the block. BUT, give it a week of driving, they can smoke that long until stuff burns off the rebuild work

It's almost been a week, how's your vehicle doing?

+Joseph Safuto I used to do TV, TV is a load of horseshit most of the time. RU-vid RULES, I'm staying here

+Scotty Kilmer I think I might have sent this twice. I was the producer for A&E on the show called mind freak starring Criss Angel. For three years. Also involved in the Cosby show many years ago. Still think you got what it takes to do something over the top even though I know TV is bullshit sometimes the bullshit could be fun :-) what you do you do well and you make it entertaining thank you.

+Scotty Kilmer Make your own rules and live the way you want to!! I'd say screw T.V to.

Joe Monti Safuto I hope not, he’s going to get hurt

nathaniel caffrey you can say that again brotha

he said 30 minutes

Several minutes until the thermostat opens up

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