1999 chevy suburban K1500 350 vortech?
the motor is losing anti-freeze everyday a gallon and a half to be exact, the temp gauge goes way up and way down way up and way down consentlly, the oil is milky with a green tint to it. tailpipe blowing white smoke smells sweet no heat in the car anymore and 23 degrees outside burrrrrr ride 215,000 miles on the car motor have no Idea whats what I say not worth doing anything to it anymore be putting more money back into the thing to get it back to tip top shap again but its' my ma's car and she has know idea what to do fix it up or find a not new but different smaller car HELP!!!!!!
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What you got there is the classic symptoms of a blown headgasket. Losing coolant, milky colored oil, lots of white smoke outta the tailpipe, fluctuating temp gauge.
It wont be a cheap fix but, It's still cheaper than buying another car.....
EDIT;BUT.....if you're looking for another car. I have a 1996 Buick Century for sale, I'll let you have it for $1000. It only has 107,000 miles on it.
Bet you a dollar to a donut you have a leaking INTAKE gasket.
It was a pretty common prob on the vortec engines. They used a plastic gasket shell with rubber O ring around the ports. The plastic breaks, melts, crushes over time and you get a coolant leak into the lifter valley.
The fix is pretty simple. Fel pro MS98000 intake gasket set $65 and just change out the intake gaskets.
You can do this yourself. Might take you 2 or 3 days but it aint that hard to do.
Or you can pay a shop $500 to do the repair
need new rings for the blowing white smoke and if the rads leaking put mustard in it it will seal the leak