2001 Chevy Blazer Loss of acceleration power

Tiny
SILVRBULLIT
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  • 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER
  • 6 CYL
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 179,000 MILES
Well, I was driving down the highway about 55 or 60 MPH and I started to get over to take the exit ramp, when I accelerated it acted like I wasn't even pushing the gas petal and a few clouds of white smoke poured from my tail pipe and it immediatley made a strage sound. I pulled over, got it towed home and parked it. I haven't driven it since but I don't know what's wrong with it. Someone told me it was a head gasket and it wasn't too complicated to fix if you know what your doing. It didn't overheat so what could it be?
Sunday, December 30th, 2007 AT 7:17 PM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Sounds to me like a bad headgasket, when they go they just go, right out of the blue.

To verify this perform a cylinder compression test,

it isnt a complicated job if you know what your doing.
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007 AT 9:24 PM

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