If it's requiring daily replenishment, watching the radiator with the
cap off and engine running or pulling the plugs and testing compression
might tell you something.
You might be to the point where pulling the plugs after sitting
overnight and cranking it over would put spray out a plug hole
Quick and dirty check method for blown head gasket...
With engine cold [be safe] remove radiator cap.
Start and run the engine to operating temperature, while observing what
happens to the coolant at the radiator fill neck.
As temperature comes up and engine runs, if the head gasket is blown, you
If it's using coolant that rapidly I would think that you would see one
or more of the following if it's due to a head gasket leak:
- white smoke in the exhaust, and/or smell of ethylene glycol
- coolant in the oil (milky appearance)
- oil in the coolant
Allan
Craig via Mercedes writes:
