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1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse HEAD GASKET

Tiny
JESSICA_POTTER
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  • 1997 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 157,000 MILES
I TOOK MY CAR TO A SHOP BECAUSE IT JUST STOPED WORKING AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET BUT IT DOESNT START I AM CURIOUS IF A CAR WILL START WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET?
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 AT 7:47 PM

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Tiny
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Hello,

It depends on how bad the gasket is, if it is letting a large amount of coolant into one or two cylinders then no it won't start and wont even turn over do to the coolants inability to compress.

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