Hey guys,
I was on the track today and i blew something on one of my runs. I dont know if it is the headgasket but my first guess was that the car overheated, therefore the gasket failed.
Details of what happen:
- I felt a loss of power so i looked down initially thinking my engine was overheating.
- I only have a stock gauge and when i looked it was still at operating temp.
- So i dropped gears and continued, midway down the straight a huge puff of black and white smoke went out the back and my engine switched off on its own.
- As i was rolling around the bend to pull over i noticed the temperature gauge beginning to rise....(could it be that the gauge wasnt accurate and was too slow to detect the engine overheating?)
- When i got back in, assessing the motor i saw oil on the block (no signs of a crack in the block unless it was under the aircon bracket?) but the oil appeared to be dripping from left to right just under the head dripping down all over the block. I noticed that i had not lost any oil from the rear of the engine just the front, and that the oil was not dripping to the floor or anything just soaked from what i think was the initial bang.
I haven't tried to start the car yet, and the oil/coolant does not seem to have mixed which is puzzling me.
What do you guys think it could be? Any suggestions?
I plan to rip the head off and have a look but want to know things i should check before hand.
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