Blown Head Gasket Between Cylinders
07-01-2022, 09:03 PM
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Blown Head Gasket Between Cylinders
My mechanic says 2008 2.2 HHR has a blown head gasket between cylinders, nothing in the antifreeze or oil or exhaust.
Has anyone used a head gasket sealer in a bottle? Do they work? Engine has 58,000 miles. thanks bill
Has anyone used a head gasket sealer in a bottle? Do they work? Engine has 58,000 miles. thanks bill
Last edited by carnutbill; 07-02-2022 at 09:22 PM. Reason: add HHR
07-02-2022, 06:54 AM
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Head gasket sealer in a bottle, waste of time and money, the head gasket for the Ecotec 4 cylinder in the HHR isn’t all that hard to replace. There are no short cuts !
Some reading, with pictures!
http://www.ddmworks.com/assets/image...uild%20Kit.pdf
Some reading, with pictures!
http://www.ddmworks.com/assets/image...uild%20Kit.pdf
07-02-2022, 08:03 AM
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Prolly the mechanic did a leak-down test and found air moving between two cylinders.
Leak repairs in a bottle do more harm than good. Snake oil.
But pouring in something to fix a head gasket strikes me as absurd. Where do you pour it to get it to the leak you know little about? Into the coolant? The oil? The fuel?
Yeah, yeah, I know; it goes in the coolant, where the only thing it can possible do is keep coolant in the cooling system and off the ground. Even if it magically went only were needed without wrecking havoc with the rest of the engine, how could it possibly withstand combustion chamber pressures, or even oil pressure?
Your money would be better spent on betting 0 at the roulette wheel. At least when you lose, the only damage is the money lost.
Leak repairs in a bottle do more harm than good. Snake oil.
But pouring in something to fix a head gasket strikes me as absurd. Where do you pour it to get it to the leak you know little about? Into the coolant? The oil? The fuel?
Yeah, yeah, I know; it goes in the coolant, where the only thing it can possible do is keep coolant in the cooling system and off the ground. Even if it magically went only were needed without wrecking havoc with the rest of the engine, how could it possibly withstand combustion chamber pressures, or even oil pressure?
Your money would be better spent on betting 0 at the roulette wheel. At least when you lose, the only damage is the money lost.
