I just bought the car, it was lower than book price and the people who I bought it from just took the car to a mechanic and he said that it had a lower intake leak. But on the way home, which wasnt far, it overheated. The guy said to just keep an eye on the gages and the coolant and I should make it home cuz it wasnt all that bad. But when it overheated, I had no warning. The gage went from normal all way up to red hot. Now I'm wondering if I cracked a head. I'm not sure how many times the guy may have overheated it. It could have been a lot and I'm sure he did at least once. The car does leak coolant of course, but I noticed a small spot of oil in the coolant puddle and when I took the radiater cap off the coolant inside does bubble, not rapidly but a little. So, what are your thoughts? I have a couple mechanics in my family who are going to fix the intake but I dont even wanna mess with it if its a cracked head.
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Have them do a combustion leak test... That's the quickest, easiest and most effective test that can be done to check for a head/gasket problem!.. Mechanics will know what to do...
