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Originally Posted by joeli16
Oh no that's not good.It looks like coolant leaked into the engine and mixed with oil.With your evidence of the rusty looking liquid in the exhaust,I think you have a blown head gasket.That's why you have all kinds of trouble of not starting and very rough idle.
Check your coolant and oil,if any one has the same milky looking fluid.I am positive your head gasket is blown...
It's very strange to have this liquid around the plug...I have read people had coolant leaked around the plug inside and nobody knew why.Before suspecting the head gasket,you should change the valve cover gasket and the gasket for the plugs.They are in one set and cost around $30 and shouldn't be hard to change.
You can also take your car to a shop to have a leak-down test to see if there is head gasket leakage.
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Excellent advice although I don't understand why the exhaust and liquid around plugs is rust colored when there isn't much iron in these engines these days. Could this just be condensation and rust from the exhaust.
So yes before jumping into a major tear down check the coolant, what color is it? Has someone added sealer ( usually brown !!) Does it have Oil sheen on top?
Is oil a nice brown or black ? No white froth or coolant drops?
If you have a compression tester test the compression, don't forget to hold the throttle open when cranking.