Is it possible for a blown head gasket to make a car not start at all? My 84 lesabre "project" was finally taken on the road for a test drive and only had about half the power it should have. As i pulled back into the driveway, i had all kinds of white smoke pouring from the engine compartment. There appears to be a small amount of water on the oil dipstick and i was told it could be the head gasket. I tried to pull it into the garage and it started but as soon as i put it in gear, the whole car started shaking kind of violently, and it died. Now all it will do is turn over and sometimes sounds like it wants to start, but it just sputters for a second then goes back to just turning over. The motor was just replaced in april and I've drove it only once since the replacement. Im at a loss here, this car has given me so many problems and this time nobody seems to know what to tell me. Please help!!!! the engine by the way is a 307 from an 89 custom cruiser
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19 years ago