Does burning oil =head gasket?
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Does burning oil =head gasket?
I hear a lot of people saying that burning oil can be "many" things, but it's usually down to the head gasket correct? I just wanted to check with some people in the know. I had admit that I had neglected my car a bit, but it had only been about 3k miles since the oil change and I realized that the car had no oil in it, had to empty 2 bottles into the car to get the oil up to the normal level. So the car seems to be burning copious amounts of oil. Oh and there was some smoke coming from the head/exhaust manifold not too long ago.
Is a head gasket something that an idiot (me) could do? Or is it really complicated? I get the part about taking off the head, but replacing the timing belt seems like a very easy thing to get wrong. I may do this while putting on my turbo in a week or so as the exhaust manifold will be off anyways.
Is a head gasket something that an idiot (me) could do? Or is it really complicated? I get the part about taking off the head, but replacing the timing belt seems like a very easy thing to get wrong. I may do this while putting on my turbo in a week or so as the exhaust manifold will be off anyways.
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Ya I was thinking about doing one of those... Come to think of it I probably should.
I know that the compression testers are pretty cheap, but is that something that a local shop could do for cheap as well? Do many shops have those electronic compression diagnostic things?
Oh and I have a repair manual, but forgot for a while, my bad.
I know that the compression testers are pretty cheap, but is that something that a local shop could do for cheap as well? Do many shops have those electronic compression diagnostic things?
Oh and I have a repair manual, but forgot for a while, my bad.
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