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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 12:05 PM
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Last night I was driving my camaro and all of a sudden it started running rough like I was hitting little bumps.. I kept going cause I was 30 miles from home. It smelled like gas and oil so I let it sit overnight to cool down. This morning I head out and I figured it was a plug or a vacumm leak, and so I checked over the hoses and there was nothing loose, so I started up the engine and there is no service engine soon light, then I looked at the engine and one of the plug holes was smoking, so I pulled the plug and it was drenched in oil, I then checked my engine coolant and I use green coolant and the color was a orangish brown. My dad says I have a blown head gasket but IDK, what are some of the possibilities? I need help asap.
 
Old Apr 11, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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sounds like head gasket or cracked head. hows the oil look? did it overheat? if so how bad?
 
Old Apr 11, 2009 | 04:14 PM
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You may have blown a piston/oil ring... That would REALLY suck...
 
Old Apr 11, 2009 | 04:28 PM
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Blown head gasket or cracked head...maybe, maybe not.
You need to explain the oily plug better. Since it was smoking on the outside, that could very well be from a leaky valve cover gasket.
When you pulled the plug, was it oil soaked on the outside, or the inside (electrode, etc)?
Orangish-brown coolant could just be old stuff that hasn't been flushed in some time. Has your cooling system ever been flushed?
Having the engine running strangely on you, then finding things that look weird could just be making you paranoid. I wouldn't go jumping to conclusions to the extreme just yet. Keep an eye on the coolant level, and the oil level. Start the car with a cold engine, remove the radiator cap, and see if you get a bubbling mess flowing out. That's one sign of a bad head or head gasket.
 
Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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I agree with 69 above dont jump to conclusions because the coolant in the radiator is orangish brown, it is most likely just rust deposits from the engine nothing to worry about. especially if you arent loosing coolant and it hasnt overheated. My old engine was the exact same way. check for milky oily deposits on your radiator cap instead. Also the fact that you saw the plug smoking would suggest that the oil is on the outside and nothing too serious. if oil is leaking on your plug wires check them out and see if you have any bulging. could just be a couple of fouled plugs or wires no biggee.
 
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