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    Head Gasket Leak? Photo.4d55

    Before I figure out how I'm gonna pull together a head gasket replacement, Can anyone tell me if this is a head gasket leak? It's dried up in this photo but deffinately coolant/or oil coming out at this spot.
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    although that is the headgasket, you have oil trailing from above, that can run down to it

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    Yeah hey. It is most deffinately leaking where I've highlighted. Time to swap the gasket and hope the head is still good.
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    An update...

    I flushed my coolant, and switched out thermostat with one rated for 82degees Celcius. Since that, I've been running a little cooler than usual, and have yet to have a temp spike, like it did before. Where it was leaking in this photo, it's not anymore since using some stealseal. What are peoples thoughts on driving with this situation? I know its a very temporary fix, but I'm in a spot where I need to drive, and dont have the $ for a full repair at the moment. Other than the visual leak, no other signs of bad headgasket failure. Just wondering so I can maybe be less nervous while driving, or maybe more for that matter, haha. Thanks again.

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