Head Gasket!!!!!

[fast_saxo]

Took my car to citroen yesterday beacuse of my squeek problem post!
They said they couldnt trace the squeek but my headgasket is gone!! its a 2002 car with 40k on the clock its never missed a beat service wise, and i dont ever put my foot down how could this have happend?
Also will it syill be ok to drive untill hey fix it cus it drives fine doenst overheat etc?
i looked in the engine bay and their is an oil leak near the cam belt but furhter down this is aparently the problem but its a very small leak!

how much will it cost at a non citroen garage to fix head gasket?

i thik my car is jynxed smileys/smiley19.gif smileys/smiley19.gif

[Ratty]

id get a second opinion first mate, headgasket =burning oil/water, oil in mayo etc, over heating etc.

leaking oil is split seal/gasket/breather etc and piss easy to fix

[chrissyboy]

The head gasket failure on my VTS started with an oil leak at the front timing end corner at 46k. The TU engines are all prone to premature head gasket failure.

[fast_saxo]

so does anyoneknow how much it will cost to fix?

[sillysammysnail]

jus been told mine is on way out aswell, not sure of cost cos dad mechanic so he gonna do it on the cheap, quite bit work though apparently, at least a days work!!! im holdin out a bit until mine really needs doin, hopefully it'll hold out until after xmas!!!

[WHITESLAG_VTSMK1]

i thought it was only about 3 hours work?

u looking at about £500? ish?

wouldnt u muck things up more if u leave it, i.e muck up cylinder head if hg is gone?

things over heating etc..?

[chrissyboy]

If it's only a small oil leak then you will get away with leaving it for a bit and just keep an eye on the leak and check the oil and coolant regularly as well. If the coolant starts to drop or you start getting oil in with the coolant (brown sludge on the top) then it is time to get the head gasket replaced. If the coolant starts to drop then it could be going in with the oil which will stop it from lubricating properly which is bad news for pretty much all of the engine!

Is it a VTS by the way?

[SaxoAL]

is it 'just' out of warranty by any chance??

Second opinion defo !

[Ratty]

also prone to going is the mk1's with paper head gasket, the multilayered metal headgasket fixed this problem on the later models. so 2002 will have the later gasket, i still say get a second opinion.

[fast_saxo]

ok thanks all i havent heard back fro citroen yet with a price going to chase them up 2moro

will it suddenly go bang when im driving along or will it be ok will its fixed?

[fast_saxo]

no its a 1.4 furio yep its just out of warrenty by like a week! im going to get a second opinion deffinatly!

[Ratty]

even if it is HG, if you catch it early no damage will be done, just dont give the car a hard time.

[fast_saxo]

Thats the thing i never take it pased 3000rpm normally maybe 4000 on motrway but thats it! am i giving it a hard time doing this?

[fast_saxo]

Good news guys the car is being fixed!!

aparently it was the seal on the head causing oil to come from the rocker cover gasket!!

fucking citroen dont kno anything!

new cambelt at the same time as replacing the rocker cover gaket = £100 including vat + labor

thanks for all your help guys much apreciated!!