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Originally Posted by Team_Jake
My engine had a cracked head and I drove it for ~10 months / ~10k miles before fixing it. I definitely do not recommend delaying getting it fixed though. If I had known my head was cracked all along then I would’ve fixed it much sooner. My symptoms were minor though, it would misfire for ~3 seconds only during a cold start, then run completely normal after that and I had to top off my coolant overflow once every 8 weeks or so.
If you see any signs of your coolant and oil mixing then I would not drive it at all and get it fixed as soon as possible. If you are only losing coolant (as was the case with my engine) then you could probably get away with driving it easy as long as you watch your engine temperature closely and make sure your coolant overflow is never below the LOW line.
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Sounds like what mine is doing too except mine misfires for a good 20 secs to a minute followed by smoke, and then is fine. I have been losing coolant at a pretty fast rate. I would say i have to fill the jug every 2 to 3 weeks.
The shop that did the cats also did a compression test and said numbers were good. i did a block test and it was also good. He recommended new injectors, thinking one or two were leaking so I replaced them and the issue remains. What is odd, or just pure coincidence, is that it started misfiring worse after I used synthetic oil by mistake. I know synthetic oil is thinner and more prone to seeping past bad seals. Probably just coincidence.