My first car @17 was a 67 VW bug. Learned fast how they worked and did several engine swaps and improvements. I then bought a 71 El Camino with a 350 to haul my go-kart to racing tracks. Kept it until 95 when I sold it. Did most of the work myself since it was easy to work on.
It had over 300k on the clock. Engine was still original. When I changed the oil, I would add 4 quarts of 30 weight and 1 quart of ATF. At almost 200k, it started to expel water vapor out the tail pipe - head gasket! Since I was trying to finish and get my degree in college, having a wife and kids, I did not have time to fix it myself so I had a mechanic do it. He called me to ask WTF I was doing to the motor. He said the heads were perfect, no carbon build up, valves were fine, and very clean inside.
As of today, I no longer work on cars.
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