# Head gasket or intake gasket leak **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 29, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341 "2008-03-29T19:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kla351](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kla351](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kla351)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/1 "2008-03-29T19:44:46Z")
Car is 2001 Chev Malibu- over heating, puking hot water through over flow tube at resevoir- suspect water on oil dip stick- I have read some of the post on the GM/Dexcool problem- All gaskets were replaced 18 months ago as was the water pump, thermostat, etc. Is there a way to determine if the blown gasket it either a head or intake? ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/2 "2008-03-29T19:55:07Z")
What do you call all gaskets. ---
**Author:** ![kla351](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kla351](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kla351)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/3 "2008-03-29T20:46:32Z")
All gaskets= heads, intake upper and lower- everything that comes in a head gasket replacement kit- ---
**Author:** ![mmsamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mmsamma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mmsamma)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/4 "2008-03-29T21:35:34Z")
what brand? please don’t say FEL PRO,blue stripe series ---
**Author:** ![kla351](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kla351](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kla351)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/5 "2008-03-29T22:13:01Z")
Fel Pro Permatorque- ---
**Author:** ![init2winit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@init2winit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/init2winit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/6 "2008-03-30T02:20:13Z")
intake gasket leak wont push water back into the reservoir ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/7 "2008-03-30T02:28:02Z")
The head gasket and intake manifold gaskets are two totally different kits. If the coolant is being pressured out of the reservoir (coolant overflow container) I’m going to say you have a blown head gasket. Perhaps a faulty installation. ---
**Author:** ![kla351](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kla351](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kla351)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/8 "2008-03-30T13:01:00Z")
Thank you all for the information- “bad intake gasket wont push water back into resevior” and “coolant being pressured out of resevior = head gasket” is the info I was looking for. Looks like head gasket time- ---
**Author:** ![mmsamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mmsamma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mmsamma)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-gasket-or-intake-gasket-leak/12341/9 "2008-03-30T16:08:43Z")
check the heads carefully,for pitting of any nature,dexcool is awful. and warpage.