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I was looking for something else and came across a 2010 post about head gaskets. TONS of information!
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/head-gasket-repair-walk-through-go-to-post-31.48620/post-552409
I understand that concept... Going to replace a simple set of spark plugs on something and it ends up getting a new cap, button, wires and anything else that looks like it might need attention. Always from $20 to $200 in a flash! Or more.
Still, nothing beats fixing it right...
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Also have to remember that the fan blows anything fluid toward the back of the motor. A leak on the thermostat housing could as easily as not be the problem. Stranger things have happened before. With no "chocolate pudding" on the dipstick or oil filler cap - you either caught it early - or...