radiator - blown head gasket?

Radiator blew a hole, and i'm trying to figure out if there is head damage. There are bubbles coming out through the radiator. Even though there is a slow leak in the radiator, the coolant level is not dropping, so i'm wondering if the gas is leaking by the head gasket.

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[washingyourhands]

Just remembered I had posted this video. There's some good comments here. It turned out it was the head gasket, and the exhaust gas was finding its way into the cooling system.

The engine turned out it was running hot, but I also had a failure in the instrument panel, so the temperature gauge got to a certain point then stopped rising, so although I thought it was running a little hotter then usual, I was really frying it.

[briancw72]

@washingyourhands . It is either a blown head gasket or a crack in you block. Sorry to be a downer. But that is exactly what causes the bubbles

[washingyourhands]

@briancw72 Yes it was the head gasket, and the head ended up being warped as well.

[dmdjm]

this' a sign that there's a creature trapped inside ur radiator, like a frog or snake or something. notice the bubbles, that's another sign that the creature is still alive.

[ThaRealGecko]

@goofyexponent I live near to Cancun, very hot, with 20 secs idling it gets HOT, becouse the engine really never gets cold... lol. It depends on where u live offcorse.

[HowlingCoyoteWS]

@deedeesix3 You wont always be able to see the leaks. You could have a high pressure leak that spits steam.

[HowlingCoyoteWS]

@LoveFromHF wrong size hose? ;) or no clamps?

[NikeBlazer623]

blown head gasket because my car ripped 2 hose because of the oil steam going inside were the water flows around the engine so its a cracked head,block, crack head gasket

[fordandchevyman62]

blown head gasket

[aaronpourazar]

my head gasket is 310,000 miles original

[LoveFromHF]

If your hoses keep blowing off your car what could it be?

[fossilknife]

@deedeesix3 head gasket, its prolly going out your tail pipe little bits at a time

[MrSalty2010]

@deedeesix3 I have the same issue with my car right now. I'm in the process of working on it so I don't know if this is going to work but what might be happening is your coolant is being backed up into the reservoir tank and is then leaking out through the top of the reservoir tank. This can be caused by air being in the radiator. If that's the case you just have to burp the radiator. Hope this helps and good luck!