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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 09:34 AM
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Yes, do an oil change and get back to us. If you don't wanna dump the money on oil again you can even put it back in if it's fine. I watch a guy who does troubleshooting on YouTube and he tastes the oil, not sure how that goes but I do know coolant is the most bitter thing on this planet. Probably translates into the oil but idk how it would taste in oil, but I've tasted it on its own by accident and it's terrible bitter.
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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bradyn
Yes, do an oil change and get back to us. If you don't wanna dump the money on oil again you can even put it back in if it's fine. I watch a guy who does troubleshooting on YouTube and he tastes the oil, not sure how that goes but I do know coolant is the most bitter thing on this planet. Probably translates into the oil but idk how it would taste in oil, but I've tasted it on its own by accident and it's terrible bitter.
I thought coolant was supposed to be sweet? Well i'm not one for tasting to find out. I'll leave that to the 'professionals'
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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by s2000Junky
I thought coolant was supposed to be sweet? Well i'm not one for tasting to find out. I'll leave that to the 'professionals'
Burning coolant smells very sweet, tasting it is very, very, very, VERY bitter lol. At least that's from my experience

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**** me, 50$ is about as much as I'd be willing to pay, not much more haha. I must ask though, how old is yours? Phones have accelerated tech and have make higher quality cams cheaper every year.

I'll def have to pay careful attention to specifications in my consideration.
I've got the VOLTCRAFT BS-17+, I think it's from 2015 (said 2015 somewhere in the manual). Anyways the camera is 480p so I would definitely want to get something higher resolution next time, although it might also just be the camera quality itself that sucks with resolution not being a factor per se.
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Old Apr 24, 2020 | 09:12 PM
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I realized I forgot to respond back here. I ended up replacing the head gasket and resurfaced the head about a month ago and everything is working perfectly now. Thank you all for your help.
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