Head gasket

[Saxomjl]

What are the symptoms of a faulty head gasket?

[Scattle]

Loads of smoke out of exhaust, and mayonaiise colour oil in your rocker cover I think.

[Saxomjl]

well.... i have overheating, coolant loss, white smoke out of exhaust sometimes and i can smell antifreeze buring after ive been driving for a while?

[Scattle]

Could be not entirely sure, someone else will more than likely be along to help.

[pepper953]

you can also take rad cap off before it gets too hot and see if you are gettin bubbles of air in rad ,

[Saxomjl]

well when i flushed the cooling system and filled it back up, there were bubbles rising up into the header tank i used to fill the radiator. This was when the car was idling.

[Joesnow]

Definatly the headgasket… unlucky! Any signs for the cause of it? The radiator rotton?

[Saxomjl]

Well i had a crash a couple of weeks and everything just went down hill from there.

Its gone to the garage now. Any idea how much it should cost to repair?

Recently, the car has been cutting out on me when slowing down for junctions etc. Could this be related?

[Ben_L]

well when i flushed the cooling system and filled it back up, there were bubbles rising up into the header tank i used to fill the radiator. This was when the car was idling.

thats just sounds like the air being released from the cooling system ?

[Saxomjl]

i thought that too, but the amount of bubbles there were was really strange. They just didnt stop.

[Ben_L]

if water is mixing with the oil it normally leaves a cremy stuff on the oil filler cap.

when mine went, there was just a bit of oil leaking out of the side of the head that how i knew...

[Saxomjl]

well they should find out whats wrong in the garage. hope it doesnt cost too much though

[Joesnow]

i thought that too, but the amount of bubbles there were was really strange. They just didnt stop.

The head gasket might not be bad enough that the oils mixed with the coolant yet, its probably split between the cylinders and a waterway… those bubbles will be either exhaust or air/fuel getting into the coolant…

[Saxo_Sx_Craig]

my head gasket just went and my temp light kept coming on and when i pulled over when i got home i could hear the water banging against the top of the radiator cap and after letting it cool down and opening it the water was mixed with oil and then we took it apart and the gasket was absolutly hanging and it cost me 125 pound to get the head crack tested and the valves checked and the heads skimmed and for all the gaskets which is pritty decent! we have currently put it back together but cant seem to get the timing in line!!!!!

[Saxomjl]

well i dont really mind how much it costs.. i just want everything sorted

[ScottG17]

just looking through the old threads.... cooling needing bled... it has likely taken out the gasket when it overheated.......

mine went as well... got it skimmed and fixed.....then it went again....

sold it and now have an escort 1.6

bout 400 quid all in to fix!! sorry!!