Hi, I have a way to test for a blown head gasket. Since you have good compression, yours would have to be small. Recommend you park on an incline, remove the radiator cap, set the heater on high, start the car and let it warm up until there is flow in the radiator. Fill the radiator and keep it full while the engine continues to run. Look for any bleed ports the system may have either in the hoses or at the attach point housings. Crack any bleeders open to allow any air out. Top off the radiator all the way to the neck and make sure there are no bubbles coming up. Bubbles coming out the radiator are an indication of a blown head gasket.
Please let me know if you have questions, and thanks for using FixYa.
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Is it using oil or coolant need to be topped up on regular basis? Did you have pressure test on cooling system?
I just bought it...haven't put it on the road yet...want to get everything right before I do...I recently put a top radiator hose on because I noticed antifreeze pooled up in the recess on top of the oil cap...it had to be blowing out from somewhere...and the hose is only about 3-4 inches from the oil cap..I just bought a set of plugs and wires...a alt. Belt...and a valve cover set w/ plug rings...when I pulled the plugs out ...significant amount of oil ....but not near the spark...gonna do all this tomorrow..but after the compression test to the cylinders...we put the old plugs back in and took it for a ride...never overheated that time after 20 minutes of driving....confused is an understatement...any comments would be appreciated...Matt
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