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Head gasket possiblity: Eagle Talon?

Bought a 95 Eagle Talon TSI AWD that's upgraded and practically a race car already but overheats. The obvious reason is air getting into cooling system but no noticeable leaks except a lil from passenger side of motor.

All I know for sure are these things..

1) coolant loss

2) overall no obvious leak

3) air in cooling system which leads to overheating

4) replacing radiator cap makes no difference still lowered sitting still

5) if run with cap off n funnel it rises normally but drops below topped off when cutting off car

6) everything is replaced or upgraded on car and runs good except for overheating

7) if hitting it hard repeatedly the turbo seems to make heat faster

8) even running easy barely hitting turbo much it will eventually overheat

9) it will eventually be low on coolant with air in system running or not

Help me please because I want to remove ALL other possibilities before ripping open this engine.

THanks in advance

Update:

Oh yeah no oil in coolant or water/coolant in oil. Lil steam from exhaust but barely noticeable.

Update 2:

Yeah planning on pressure test tomorrow.

No blue smoke. Just a lil steam but most cars do.

Engine is rebuilt 2 years ago. The guy I bought from was very honest and told me overheating and thinks head gasket but two things stick out to me as odd and clues.

1) If head gasket was bad would it lower coolant not even running?

2) What would cause the coolant level to drop drastically below topped off cutting car off when it should slowly lower as it cools?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    look at your exhaust to see if there is any blue smoke coming from it, if so, then it could be a crack in the head. also let the engine run to get hot and watch the engine, see if the coolant comes out anywhere when the engine is hot and coolant is under pressure...you could just give the engine a pressure test.

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