Another 2013 head gasket goes kaput

[tbisaacs]

Man does this mean I can stop having second hand anxiety and stress dreams about this now?

 

[GrouchyTech]

Man does this mean I can stop having second hand anxiety and stress dreams about this now?

No. You should stress over if you only thumbed-in the chain tensioner bolts, or you had an oil drip on the mating surface just before placing the timing cover so maybe it’ll leak soon, or a valve retainer breaks, nicked the head gasket, head studs fail, alternator power cable pops off and grounds and torches the truck—

I mean, it’s your imagination—have fun with it!

 

[TTO5]

FYI When my 2010 lx head gasket went (around 230k) was having the exact symptoms as the first post in this thread. I had a complete engine with 45k installed but before I had the shop remove the old engine I drained some oil and sent it to blackstone laboratories, sure enough they were able to detect coolant in the oil. just adding my experience here.

 

[bloc]

FYI When my 2010 lx head gasket went (around 230k) was having the exact symptoms as the first post in this thread. I had a complete engine with 45k installed but before I had the shop remove the old engine I drained some oil and sent it to blackstone laboratories, sure enough they were able to detect coolant in the oil. just adding my experience here.

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Thanks for posting this..




As for my rig, no news is good news. Running like a top.