The head will need to be inspected at a machine shop. They can tell you if it is warped or cracked.
How do you know the gasket is not bad? f you oil is milky then there is moisture mixed with the oil. This can be a blown head gasket or a warped or cracked head.
Losing coolant with no apparent leaks, White smoke out the exhaust that has a sweet smell to it,
You will have to remove the head, inspect the gasket for breaks, check the head for flatness, and have a machine shop test the head.You will have to remove the head, inspect the gasket for breaks, check the head for flatness, and have a machine shop test the head.
If you're going to replace the motor then why would you be replacing the head gasket? Normally a blown head gasket will not require the engine to be replaced. If the head is cracked or warped it may need replacing but not necessarily the entire engine. Unless you continue driving the car after it got hot and blew the gasket more than likely the only thing that will need replacing is the gaskets itself. The only way to know for sure is to open it up. If only the gasket is defective you will more likely spend around $1000. But it really depends on who performs the repair.
Well when My Dodge blew a head gasket there was LOTS of stream from the tail pipe. (looked like an old steam locomotive) If you suspect you have a blown head gasket take it to a professional (like the DEALER) and have them look it over. Hope This Helps.
Check your exhaust while running, smells sweet and blueish smoke. Overheating, loss of coolant. Do a compression check.
That is the most typical thing to cause a warped head. A warped head is a severe diagnoses and not the first thing that would come to mind for a problem. Don't know what the issue is but if you have a problem that has lead to you think you have a warped head and you haven't had a extreme over heat of the motor I will bet you don't have warped head.
First of all how do you know your head is warped cracked or no good lets start at the beginning
I don't know which one was at fault but I replaced the head, the head gasket, and the intake manifold gasket.
what are you asking here? PLease be more specific ...like - how do I know if my head gasket is blown, or what do I do about a blown head gasket ......
What did you do that would have caused the motor to blow? No oil? It's probably dead. Over heated? Probably a head gasket, maybe the head. If it still turns over, will it run? If it has oil and water and will run, check the oil, if it is a head gasket or the head, the oil may look like chocolate milk. It may put clouds of white smoke out the exhaust or if you take the radiator cap off, water will shoot out of the radiator. All of these mean head gasket or head. Knocking is probably a rod bearing bad.
You will not know until your remove the head. You have to remove the head in order to replace the gasket and once you have the head removed have it magna fluxed at a machine shop. That will reveal any cracks.