Losing coolant

Tiny
JAMES DOSSETT
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  • 2000 DODGE DAKOTA
  • 4.7L
  • V8
  • 4WD
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Foam in radiator, loses water, no water in oil.
Saturday, October 19th, 2019 AT 9:33 AM

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Tiny
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Hello,

This is probably going to be a blown head gasket. The foam is probably going to be from combustion gases mixing with the coolant and pressurizing the cooling system. Here are a couple of tests to see if your vehicle's head gasket[s] are blown below:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test

Please go through these guides and get back to us with what you are able to find out,

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
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Saturday, October 19th, 2019 AT 4:57 PM

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