Hey guys I'm hoping this gets answered rather quickly as I'm going to make up my mind before I get into the garage I'm using tomorrow. My coolant and oil mixed.. easy to diagnose... either the head gasket or intake gasket. GM 3.1 V6 engines are notorious for the intake gaskets going out. So as I'm nearing the end... I'm kind of torn, the engine in my monte carlo is really hard to work on, and someone suggest I take it down to the block and see if the head gasket was blown as well. But from what I can tell is that the only issue was that the dex cool ate away enough at the gasket to render it useless and let the coolant into the engine. Is there anyone out there with enough experience to help me out? I want to know if continue, break my back, and get the heads off to check or should I replace the intake gaskets and all preceding ones and call it a day? I've not got all the time in the world to do this, but I'd like the car to last a bit longer
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16 years ago