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Feb 28, 2013, 07:48 PM

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Plugs and coolant

My coolant looks like chocolate milk, cars fouling plugs wayyy to fast(black at top, tip barely white) and has a system rich code(lean idle) whats going on here?

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Feb 28, 2013, 08:01 PM

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head gasket

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Feb 28, 2013, 08:19 PM

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sounds like a blown head gasket. best of luck

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Feb 28, 2013, 08:39 PM

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sounds like a blown head gasket. best of luck

Should i go with oem headgasket? Nothing else comes to mind that could be an issue? I also have 4-5k sputter WOT

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Feb 28, 2013, 08:41 PM

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OEM is good. Cosworth is good.

But yes it's defiantly a head gasket

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Feb 28, 2013, 09:16 PM

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yea def headgasket. OEM i wld choose

cosworth if your a baller

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Feb 28, 2013, 09:17 PM

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Should i go with oem headgasket? Nothing else comes to mind that could be an issue? I also have 4-5k sputter WOT

I would go for OEM head gasket, when you take off your cylinder I would take it to a machine shop and have them check it out. Has your coolant temperature gone up at all.? Do you have access to a block test to check for exhaust gases in your coolant.?

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