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1988 Chevy S-10 PLEASE HELP, iM STUMPED--MILKY OIL

Tiny
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  • 1988 CHEVROLET S-10
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  • 183,000 MILES
WELL TODAY I WAS DRIVING IT, IT DID FINE, NOW IT WILL NOT EVEN START, IT WILL HIT BUT NOT START, I THINK IT HAS TO MUCH WATER IN THE MOTOR, EVEN WHEN IT WAS RUNNING IT WOULD OVERHEAT, MILKY OIL, COOLANT SHOOTING OUT THE EXHAUST PIPES, I THINK THE HEAD OR INTAKE GASKETS ARE BLOWN, NOT SURE PLEASE HELP

OH YEA ANOTHER THING I HEARD THAT IT COULD BE IS A CRACKED BLOCK. NOT SURE.
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 4:12 PM

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Tiny
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Get it block and pressure tested to find out if its the headgasket or intake
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 4:15 PM
Tiny
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YEA, WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING I CAN DO TO FIND OUT WHILE IM HERE AT HOME, IT DONT RUN AND I CANT TAKE IT TO THE SHOP.
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 4:23 PM
Tiny
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You can use a compression gauge to identify if its a two adjacent cylinder blown or remove all the plugs and crank engine over and see if it shoots out coolant.
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 4:28 PM
Tiny
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THANKS
I WILL DO THAT TOMORROW, ALREADY GETTING DARK, I GUESS I WILL GO AND GET A,

WATER PUMP + GASKET, CAUSE THAT WAS BAD TO BEGIN WITH

AND A HEAD GASKET SET. THAT SHOULD FIX IT UP

ONE MORE THING THOUGH, WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK I NOTICED THAT THE CAP WAS MISSING OFF THE COOLANT RES.(INNER FENDER) AND I PUT ONE ON IT AND EVER SINCE THAT IS WHEN I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE OIL AND IT HAS JUST GRADUALLY GOT WORSE, AND NOW IT WILL NOT EVEN RUN, BUT B4 I PUT THAT CAP ON THERE, THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. MAYBE PRESSURE BUILDUP
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 4:34 PM
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Filled the radiator up to its below the fill opening and crank engine over-is it shooting out coolant?
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 4:48 PM
Tiny
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I removed all of the plugs and there is coolant shooting out cylinders number 5 and 6, alot shooting out 6 but a lil shooting out 5. What now?
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 AT 2:18 PM
Tiny
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Is this a 4.3L engine if it is replace the intake gasket if not come on back
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 AT 2:54 PM
Tiny
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Its a 2.8 v6 and the heads and intake are one pieace, so what do you think?
Is there any chace at all that the block is cracked?
Im hoping it is just head gaskets
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 AT 3:49 PM
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Get it block and pressure tested to find out where its leaking at.
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 AT 4:44 PM

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