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Originally Posted by NukeKS14
Blown headgaskets can be in a number of different locations and for a number of different reasons. It also doesn't necessarily mean you're going to have a damaged rotating assembly. You could blow a headgasket between cylinders and all you'll have is low compression on those cylinders and a rough engine. You can blow a head gasket between an oil and coolant passage and wind up with milky oil that's overflowing. You can blow a headgasket between a cylinder and a coolant channel and wind up with overheating and boiling/aerated coolant. It really depends.
I'd say if you blew a headgasket and continued driving the car until the engine siezed, it's PROBABLY toast and you'd do best to just find a replacement.
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I did the bolded thing for months... Lived three miles from my job, car would puke coolant when I let it get to operating temp. Drove the car from NC to GA twice while it was happening like a dumbass.
My 20s were a wild time.
Did the head gasket, had the head fully checked out while it was off, resumed daily driving the car for four and a half more years and nary an issue.