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It is the job of the Head Gasket to make sure that none of these respective parties: Engine Oil/âSharksâ, Coolant/âJetsâ, and air, fuel and exhaust/ârest of the partyâ ever mix with each other. When the head gasket leaks or fails â then one or more of these elements can mix â which leads to a myriad of issues. Here are a few examples: Low combustion pressure â poor performance. Exhaust gets into the coolant â leads to overheating. Coolant gets into the oil â poor lubrication and possible engine damage.
Lack of coolant. This is created by a leak and the symptoms are typically the same each time it overheats. You fill up the radiator, everything is OK for awhile (20 miles maybe) then it overheats. It overheats because the leak creates a shortage of water or coolant. The repair is to simply pressure test the cooling system and find and fix the leak. We have hand held pumps which we attached to the neck of the radiator after we remove the radiator cap.