Repeated Gen3 Head Gasket Fail and Parts Cannon

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  1. rjparker

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    A cautionary tale... Second Head Gasket fail... First with Felpro gasket... the parts cannon was fired



    Second head gasket fail, no oil in engine, timing chain cover leaking.
     
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    I made it through a few minutes before I started jumping forward, 10 seconds at a time: I've seen the guy before, sounds borderline psycho to be candid. He runs a boroscope into the cylinders, rambles on about various clues left by previous mechanic, bemoans the replaced plugs, notes stripped bolt heads, and on and on. About 5 minutes before the end he says "I hope you enjoyed this video". Then starts wandering around the car, more bemoaning.

    Did I miss anything.
     
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    Petr provided excellent advice on owners with gen3's most common problem, blown head gaskets

    Yes, you may have missed why you don't shotgun plugs and coils on these engines. The first hg repair failed even with Felpro gaskets.

    He also demonstrated a good diagnostic protocol by pulling plugs and running a borescope. No parts cannon, no sealer, no egr cleaning trying to solve a gen3 cold start misfire.