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headgasket? 53 block?

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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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headgasket? 53 block?

heres the deal. there is a truck for sale a buddy and i went to look at. it has 300000 on it which wasnt all that scary until we heard it was a 53 block 1998. then we began to worry but wondered how bad off it oculd be for making it 300000 but then we looked under the hood. it has a drip of oil that leaves a small puddle. and then we saw oil on almost everything under the hood. the coolant has a metalic look to it and the overflow bottle has oil on the inside on the walls of it. seems like a headgasket is blown to me. the guy claims it isnt but it seems a little sketchy. what do you guys think?
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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How much were they asking for it??
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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Talking truck

Top price no more than 1,500
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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check the radiator while running see if their are any bubbles.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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alright we will check it out. im pretty sure the metallic stuff in the radiator is the guy tryin to use that radiator stop leak crap in it
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