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if a head gasket is blown , it will loose water as compression pressure gets to the cooling system and blows the water out of the radiator
when not running, water will get to the cylinders and make starting difficult
depending on the state of failure, several cylinders may be too low on compression to fire so it may not start
Remove both hoses and flush from bottom (warm) connection using medium hose pressure. Flush until clean water runs easily through. If this doesn't do it, time to replace heater core.
Look under the passanger side of the car,There should be a drain hose next to the firewall thats sticks down,It should be a black hose or tube that is cut at an angle on the end,pinch the bottom of the hose and see if warter darins out of it,if it does use small wire to clean inside of hose(evaporator hose)
have a coolant pressure test done and if you are not holding pressure there is a possibility of a leak in the housing behind the water pump
dew and gunk in the breather are indicators of water in the oil
Was the smoke white? if so it is probably your head gasket you can still save it if you want as long as the head isnt cracked as well then it probably just isn't worth fixing and from the sounds of it sorry to say but I cant be sure with out seeing it
The back side glass seal is leaking or wheel well seam leaking take the tire out drill a hole 3/8 or so
in the bottom so it drains when it rains or check it whith a warter hose
to find out where the warter is comming from
look into the coolant recovery bottle with engine running and make sure hose i end is submerged. If you see bubbles, you have a head gasket leaking. How does the car run on start up?? a little rough at first?
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