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Can a blown head gasket cause your pickup truck to stall out?

A head gasket is part of an internal combustion engine that seals the combustion chamber. If a head gasket blows or fails, it can:

- cause your pickup truck to stall

- overheat

- mix coolant and oil

- lose compression

- backfire

- surge coolant/fluctuations in the temperature gauge

- start hard

- run rough