I have just replaced a blowen head gasket in my 1988 nissan sentra. replaced all th gaskets, timing belt, and vaccum hoses. it starts and idles just fine. but when im under power and give it gas it hesitates like it dont wanna go but if you ease into it, it doesnt do it as bad. but livin in th foot hills tht dont help cause you gotta give it some gas to get up this hills.
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Big difference between valve cover gasket and head gasket. To replace head gasket, you must dissamble top end of engine and send the head out to be resurfaced and then install new head gasket. If it is a leaking valve cover it is much easier. Simply dissasemble and then clean valve cover and top of head from all debris and remove all old gasket material. Tighten back down in sequence and do not over tighten. these small bolts can be overtightened easily so go in sequence just like when you tighten lug nuts by skipping one as you go around. 10mm bolts require about 10 pounds or less torque.
If the dealer is calling a head gasket i would trust them. Water on the dipstick isnt something you would see. chances are coolant is getting into the cylinders and burning as you drive so you are probably low on coolant and theres enough to flow when the engine rpm is high. Which would allow some heat when driving and none when idling. Also if there was water in the engine, it would sit at the bottom due to oil being lighter than water so if anything it would just look like you ave to much oil on the dipstick. The steam your seeing might actually be exhaust fumes from a blown head gasket
Head gasket sealer? Sounds like you have a cracked head or blown head gasket. The ticking is probably from the valvetrain. If you have a cylinder head problem it will continue to run hot.
sorry sounds like a blown head gasket or deteriated water chambers in the head .head will have to come of so a workshop will inspect the head before replacing gasket
i have a 2005 1.8 nissan sentra.i rplaced the radiator becuause it was leaking.so when i did i took it for a test drive and the needle went to hot then back down to middle ways between the C & H BACK IN FORTH.so i replaced the thermostat. now as far as i can tell it is staying in the middle of C & H. i can't feel no water though cerulating through the top or bottom hose of the radiator. so now that i told you what i done so far my question is???? ( my heater is not working in the car it is blowing out cold air & i left the car runnng for about 45 min. even took it up and down the road.still cold air.what do you think i need to do?????????? )
Could be aging ignition cables letting you know that winter is coming and the condensation that can form overnight can invade cracks that can bleed off some of the high voltage you need at the spark plugs.
After the engine is warm, leaky cables can temporarily 'heal,' drying out and losing less than when cold.
If they are sufficiently bad, sometimes you can see some sparkling going on under the hood if you park in a dark area.
If you have 50k on your plugs, it may be time to replace those too.
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