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rob anderson
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Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 - 02:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hi,i have a volvo md5a in my yacht.it has started blowing white smoke and leaves quite a large oil slick on the water while motoring at around half throttle.would this be a blown headgasket?..any help in regards to this matter would be much apreciated thankyou.
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gaurdian101
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Registered: 09-2010
Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 07:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

it's a headgasket alright if you take of the manifold you can tell witch one is gone bad and replase both if one has gone bad it's just good faith to just replace all cyl hope that helps vince

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