Head or intake

Asked by Lisa Dec 17, 2016 at 09:49 PM about the 1998 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Silverado Stepside 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Wield question if u have a blown head will it constantly
overheat or no or could I have a blown intake because I
have heat don't overheat but I do have a blue tinted smoke
coming from the exhaust and it looks like a fog machine

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101,705

Blue-tinted smoke is an indicator of oil in the exhaust, could be piston ring blowby or valve guide blowby, a leak down test will help you determine what is going on.

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Bad rings like to burn oil all the time, valve seals you manly see on start up and/or heavy acceleration. Your not going to get blue smoke from an intake gasket, and won't usually see that from a head gasket either

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