SPR1NK
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on the way home form work cruising about 55 everything was normal, oil pressure about 40 psi, temp on cold edge of bracket, then all of a sudden the oil pressure drops to 20 and the temperature shoots up to the A in normal, get it home(thankfully was close to home) and shut it off, pop the hood and the radiator sounds like its boiling inside and the overfill tank is bubbling antifreeze out of the cap, the solder that was there to fix a crack in the radiator is popped loose and steam is pouring out. 5 or so minutes go by and boiling sounds stop, still have steam coming out of crack in radiator, so let some pressure off the radiator and after just a little pressure is let off the nasty boiling gurgle sound comes back for a few seconds. wait till it stops then get cap off radiator and look inside, no antifreeze to be seen, all of it seems to have blown out the crack all over the engine and into the overfill tank. checked oil, still at normal level, doesnt seem to have any antifreeze in it. my dad tells me to start it again with the radiator cap off, when i do temp is much closer to normal and oil pressure is normal, and when i shut it off radiator was making gurgle sound that lasted for a couple minutes then stopped.
what could it be? head gasket? or something else?
what could it be? head gasket? or something else?