OT: Symptoms of headgasket failure?

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Okay, just a question, what are the symptoms of headgasket failure? The only 
one we've had go was a diesel, and it was a dramatic failure, white smoke, 
coolant pouring out the tailpipe, etc. Can it have more subtle symptoms? The 
reason I ask is our (ex)  PT Cruiser was consuming some coolant, without any 
noticeable drips. Just curious about where the possible places were that it 
may have been going, it was getting traded so we never bothered to test 
compression.
Cathy

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