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possible blown headgasket?

Old Mar 9, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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Jeep has been recently losing coolant with no signs of visible leaking even after i just had a new radiator put in jeep will condensate a little when i hold a piece of cardboard up to the exhaust pipe that and my jeep will start up hard after i have it running at operating temperature for awhile like say if i stop at a store after driving for 30 minutes then come back out and start it up i can feel it bump and idle hard
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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What year model ?
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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2001
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 06:21 PM
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have the engine running and wait for the temp to come and if it pushes coolant bad out of the radiator then it probably is a bad gasket, you can also get a test kit from NAPA which test for coolant in the combustion chamber I never can remember the exact name of it though
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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being a 01 the odds are its the 0331 head cracked.
Any exhaust will condensate some. Hot exhaust into cool air makes condensation.
Have someone put a pressure tester on it to verify there are no external leaks. Ck oil fill cap for any green tint.
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