To Head Gasket or not to Head Gasket?
That is the question. My 97 Yukon is leaking oil externally from the head gaskets, down the sides of the engine block. So far it's not getting down into the pan, so no dino flavored milkshake is happening. As for oil leaking into the combustion chambers, I don't know yet. I plan to pull spark plugs and see this weekend. It just rolled over to 200K original miles, and like many of us here I've down a lot of work over the years to keep it running and not rotting away.
So what is y'all's experience with head gasket jobs on a 30 year old high mileage Vortec? If all else seems good is it worth it, or would replacing the engine be a better move? If I am replacing the engine, I would keeping it stock with either a reman'd or new Vortec.