How Do You Repair A Blown Head Gasket?
A blown head gasket means trouble for car owners. If your car overheats, the radiator hose explodes, you hear a bubbling sound coming from the radiator and it’s not the radiator cap or you lose coolant without any visible leak, chances are it’s your head gasket. Replacing a head gasket is a do-it-yourself job with the right tools and some experience getting underneath the hood of a car. Step 1 Disconnect the negative battery terminal. The battery terminals are located at the top of the car battery. Step 2 Take off the intake hose and the air box. Step 3 Remove the air conditioner compressor. You’ll need to remove several bolts and lay the compressor to the side to get to the gasket. Step 4 Disconnect the water pump hose and then remove the alternator and set aside. You can rest the alternator on the radiator hose without completely removing the harness. Step 5 Drain the radiator and remove the radiator hoses. Disconnect the different lines that run to the air conditioner. The head gask