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smittytom
31st October 2008, 11:01
Right well i am sporting some mayo on the old oil cap but i am not 100% sure that its the head gasket?
I dont have shot loads of smoke coming out the exhaust,
The temp gauge is on half like normal and i dont seem to be loosing any coolant
Could it maybe be condensation or something from the cold nights at the moment?

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/smittytom/IMG_0025.jpg

Thanks
fossie
31st October 2008, 12:28
Could be condensation due to the colder weather matey, just keep an eye on things
maddison_vts
31st October 2008, 12:30
give your engine a compression check as its not always easy to tell.
smittytom
31st October 2008, 12:31
Could be condensation due to the colder weather matey, just keep an eye on things

Will do mate, cheers:y:
It doesn't look like a huge amount either but i dont know what is a huge amount or not.lol

Yeh waiting for my friend to see if he has one i can use if not i will have to go buy one
Rob
31st October 2008, 12:32
Doesn't look too bad to be honest fella. Might be wothwhile doing and oil+filter change but i'd not be worried by the look of that.
smittytom
31st October 2008, 12:34
Doesn't look too bad to be honest fella. Might be wothwhile doing and oil+filter change but i'd not be worried by the look of that.

doing one tomorrow,:y:
Ah well i will just have to wait and see how it goes,

Cheers lads for the input
smittytom
31st October 2008, 13:54
Anyone else got any input?
jdizzy
31st October 2008, 14:32
give your cooling system a flush mate. c if that helps.
Icey_Furio
2nd November 2008, 18:50
If it's not often used, or only used for short journeys then that's nothing to worry about. If it has blown and caused mayo, then the coolant will be manky, so cehck that for oil.

They only blow smoke/steam/overheat if they blow between a cylinder and a water channel. If they blow between the water channel and an oil galley thats usally because the engine has overheated in the past due to a lack of coolant, or a dodgey rad/cooling fan which warps the head causing the blow, and then all that happens is that you get loads of mayo and manky coolant. And eventually it all blocks up and dies as the blow reaches the cylinder. Thats when the smoke comes and you get the first problem aswell!

Looks fine mate.