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'07 Speed 3 - Coolant in spark plug wells?

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Old 02-10-2024 | 03:25 PM
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Unhappy '07 Speed 3 - Coolant in spark plug wells?

Title. I couldn't start the car, the engine seemed flooded so I took out the spark plugs to check it out. I saw a decent amount of coolant in there as well as the spark plugs being fouled. I cranked the car over with the spark plugs out to shoot the coolant out. Great success!

Also, my oil level actually seems to have raised a bit. I'm thinking blown head gasket or blown intake manifold gasket. I'm also going to check the head and intake manifold to see if I need to get them resurfaced. Is there any way I can check if the head or intake manifold are cracked as well? Are my suspicions correct? Is there anything else I should check? I have yet to actually crack that bad boy open to look at the gaskets etc. so I'm trying to get down a list of things to check.

Thanks y'all! Hope to get this thing running properly soon, I'm in love with the car so far!
 
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Old 02-11-2024 | 11:28 AM
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Do a basic compression test.
If the results are varied repeat test using the wet test method.
Perform a cylinder leak down test.
Perform a cooling system pressure test
Perform a cooling system chemical test

All of these will pinpoint the engine damage pint of concern.
 
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