So, I have been having trouble starting my Husky basically since I got it. It's an E start only. I put a new plug in it, checked the flywheel weights, cleaned the carb, checked for spark, and checked the valves. While I was pulling the radiators to check the valves there was no coolant in either despite the overflow being full. I filled it with water and tried to start. It was pumping water from the radiator cap, overflow bottle cap, and a head stud while cranking the motor, but wouldn't start. I tightened the head stud and it fired up for a minute or two and died. The oil is not milky at all. Am I correct in thinking it's the head gasket?
I have a 2008 model, but, watching the picture you posted, my engine seems to be very similar to yours. I'm afraid that you're right. There are also these two points in which oil and coolant can be mixed: In the water pump area: Around this little tube (which is reversed, in this pic): But you wrote , so IMO the head gasket is damaged. EDIT: It's weird that the oil was not milky at all. I guess that it looks milky if it's mixed with coolant, while water evaporates and goes with the oil vapour in the air filter, without leaving residues in the oil. When you wrote that it pumped water from the radiator cap, did you mean that the radiator was not closed or that it was closed and the cap leaked?
