# 86 toyota pickup 22re - blown engine or blown head gasket?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/86-toyota-pickup-22re-blown-engine-or-blown-head-gasket/30292>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 10, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/86-toyota-pickup-22re-blown-engine-or-blown-head-gasket/30292 "2009-05-10T21:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![bchasco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@bchasco](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bchasco)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/86-toyota-pickup-22re-blown-engine-or-blown-head-gasket/30292/1 "2009-05-10T21:59:23Z")

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If it was just the head gasket that was blown would I see oil leaking from the valve cover gasket and sprayed all over the inside of the engine compartment?

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/86-toyota-pickup-22re-blown-engine-or-blown-head-gasket/30292/2 "2009-05-10T22:54:33Z")

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It depends on where it’s broken at. The gasket seals the oil passages, coolant passages and the combustion chamber, so a blown head gasket can have any of the above mixing with anything else. Actually having anything leaking on the outside of the engine is pretty rare-- more likely you’ll be burning coolant or oil or have coolant in the oil and/or vice versa.