FK!! Blown Head Gasket?

PhoenixBlade910 · 08-13-2008, 09:17 AM

okay. i changed my plugs and got new wires. running really high. (like 1.6k)
thought was just b/c of new wires, idno. after about 5 mins of driving. smoking verry badly moreso than usual. actually hadn't at all for a while. I had it on ECT mode. (power) (its an auto) driving home from IHOP. I floored it down a str8 road. HUGE blue smoke cloud behind me. almost looked like a burnout but w/ blue smoke and not as thick. It also didnt shift. went to 7k and i think to 7.3 (sounded BAD) wat the hell is goin on?

Teado · 08-14-2008, 01:30 AM

Does sound like a BHG to me...

listdadt · 09-15-2008, 03:47 PM

Blue smoke is going to be oil, not coolant and therefor not as likely to be a head gasket. When you pulled out your old plugs and wires was there a lot of oil on them??? Most likely you have junk spark plug tube seals and your motor is leaking oil into the combustion chamber via the spark plugs. As far as the high idle and shifting problem, I'm more likely to think that's related to something else gone wrong under the hood. Throttle position sensor being one possibility.

Mista 2 · 09-16-2008, 08:40 AM

I have had the sifting problem with my g/f's car. have you checked the trans fluid? have you checked the fuses? can you use the towing gears to change gear?

08-13-2008, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
PhoenixBlade910 mk1 '86 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: BubbleFK PA Posts: 37 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0%* )	FK!! Blown Head Gasket? okay. i changed my plugs and got new wires. running really high. (like 1.6k) thought was just b/c of new wires, idno. after about 5 mins of driving. smoking verry badly moreso than usual. actually hadn't at all for a while. I had it on ECT mode. (power) (its an auto) driving home from IHOP. I floored it down a str8 road. HUGE blue smoke cloud behind me. almost looked like a burnout but w/ blue smoke and not as thick. It also didnt shift. went to 7k and i think to 7.3 (sounded BAD) wat the hell is goin on?

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08-14-2008, 01:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Teado MK1 = My Daily Addiction Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 198 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Does sound like a BHG to me...

09-15-2008, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
listdadt Parts Guy! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: merrimack, nh Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Blue smoke is going to be oil, not coolant and therefor not as likely to be a head gasket. When you pulled out your old plugs and wires was there a lot of oil on them??? Most likely you have junk spark plug tube seals and your motor is leaking oil into the combustion chamber via the spark plugs. As far as the high idle and shifting problem, I'm more likely to think that's related to something else gone wrong under the hood. Throttle position sensor being one possibility.

09-16-2008, 08:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mista 2 Cage Fighter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 461 Thanks: 16 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I have had the sifting problem with my g/f's car. have you checked the trans fluid? have you checked the fuses? can you use the towing gears to change gear?