Just had someone to view my car.

[TheVtrKid]

Just had someone to view my car as i am selling it and wanting a VTR. Its a P reg Fiat Punto. Her friend looked about and in the radiator pipe (i think, fecking useless with cars) there was a load of like white gunk and he said do you know it looks like your head gaskets gone? I had no clue, and it was just MOT'd last month, and he said nothing to me about it. I was like eh ya joking? But he said usually if the head gasket has gone then after the engines been running for a few seconds it cuts out, but it doesnt, it runs for ever while idle and drives perfectly fine etc. I said i'd ask my dad when he finishes work as hes good with cars and i'll see if we can do anything or if it could possibly be anything else and i'll be in touch with them. Could it possibly be anything or nothing with the white, like snot in the pipe? I only had it MOT'd last month. Thanks

[Chuffy]

Just had someone to view my car as i am selling it and wanting a VTR. Its a P reg Fiat Punto. Her friend looked about and in the radiator pipe (i think, fecking useless with cars) there was a load of like white gunk and he said do you know it looks like your head gaskets gone? I had no clue, and it was just MOT'd last month, and he said nothing to me about it. I was like eh ya joking? But he said usually if the head gasket has gone then after the engines been running for a few seconds it cuts out, but it doesnt, it runs for ever while idle. I said i'd ask my dad when he finishes work as hes good with cars and i'll see if we can do anything or if it could possibly be anything else and i'll be in touch with them. Could it possibly be anything or nothing with the white, like snot in the pipe? I only had it MOT'd last month. Thanks

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[TheVtrKid]

why? its on ebay, autotrader, gumtree etc

[Chuffy]

why? its on ebay, autotrader, gumtree etc

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[Tontsy]

Do you do alot of short trips?...could just be a build up of condensation, dont always ju p to conclusions the HG is fucked!
Get a compression test, few quids tbh!

[AXracing]

Take the oil and water caps off and take a photo. The Punto engines are a bit wank and do tend to go. Odds are its just a bit of moisture if it still runs fine and does not over heat or have any warning lights I would not worry. Any buyer take the responsibility to inspect the car and make there own opinion.

[TheVtrKid]

short trips? Ye i do, i drive to my bosses house which is like just less than a mile away, at 8 in the morning, then drive back at 6 at night when i finish. Its just what he said thats all. I have no clue. where can i get compression test? Any garage?

[swampy]

as said if it runs fine then i doubt its the hg

what sort of trips do you do??
is there any residue under the oil filler cap??

and checking the hg isnt part of the mot

[swampy]

short trips? Ye i do, i drive to my bosses house which is like just less than a mile away, at 8 in the morning, then drive back at 6 at night when i finish. Its just what he said thats all. I have no clue. where can i get compression test? Any garage?

there you go then
the condensation in the engine wont be getting chance to burn off, so instead it mixes with the oil and forms the gunk

take the car on a good run, get it right up to tempreture, should see that this clears things up

[CHIP]

short trips? Ye i do, i drive to my bosses house which is like just less than a mile away, at 8 in the morning, then drive back at 6 at night when i finish. Its just what he said thats all. I have no clue. where can i get compression test? Any garage?

Walk ya lazy git! Lol :P

[TheVtrKid]

well i thought myself surely the hhead gasket cant have gone. Ive just taken a picture of oil and radiator pipe. You can see a bit of gunk in the radiator pipe but the oil looks fine, and i dipped it, and no gunk or anything came out, surely it would? No theres no residue on the oil cap or anything. All looks fine to me and the car runs perfectly fine. Just that gunk in the radiator cap. Heres the pics, what you think

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/linkinpark4eva/PICT1034.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/linkinpark4eva/PICT1030.jpg

[TheVtrKid]

Walk ya lazy git! Lol :P

i dont get up till 10 mins before i set off, so fook that :)

[swampy]

WELL GET UP EARLIER THEN

in the 2nd pic there is residue around the neck
easiest thing to do is take it for a good run, 70 or 80 miles to make sure its good and warm, alot of it should burn off

get a compression test done, ask in beeston motospares they will know some one who does them (just stay away from winstons)

if the compression is good, get the oil and water changed and flushed through

[TheVtrKid]

its not called winstons anymore, its churchills lol :p

Well i know a few people who are mechanics and so does my boss, so i'll have a word around. Is it possible the head gaskets going? Cheers for your help

[swampy]

it is possible but id say more likely due to the short journeys

[P398UGD]

to be honest mate if the water has oil in and the oil has water then possibly yeh head gasket im a mechanic and i do all my own work get a compression check 10er or sumin mate if you run the car for 5 mins and the water tank presurises then ye head has gone mate

[TheVtrKid]

cant see any oil in the water though, its just gunk? As far as i know anyway. I'll try the compression check though, and take it from there. Thanks for your help.

[TheVtrKid]

if it is head gasket how much you talking for new one mate?

[P398UGD]

if it is head gasket how much you talking for new one mate?

well the gaskets are cheap mate its the labour thats the problem what engine is it..

ive just done a 106gti full engine service and head gasket 450 the lot we suply

[TheVtrKid]

its a 1.2 fiat punto s 60 mate. my dad MIGHT be able to fit it for me. How much roughly would you say for head gasket and it fitting?

[KINGVTS]

mot has nothing to do with this sort of thing really

hopefully for you its just a build up due to short trips take it for a good long run and hopefully it should go away

failing that give it a clean up before a viewer comes!

[TheVtrKid]

Well surely it would have been on an advisory or he'd mentioned it to me or something? Ye ill give it a good run, probly the weekend ill get chance now. It was a last minute thing, finished work at 6, and they were here by half 6, so that couldnt have been helped really. Wouldnt i surely see any symptoms though if HG was going? As mentioned.....engine cutting out, residue round oil cap etc?

[P398UGD]

id say £300 mate and that suply with all the new parts :)
il tell you an easyer way mate and save your money if u want to do it ur self its easy...

disconect all piping and switches.
time it up
undo the inlet manifold and then the exhaust manifold

take the head of gett it skimmed cost £20-25 then refit urself the same way as u took it all of thats how you learn mate easy..

start in the morning so u got time to get the head skimmed
it takes 3 hours to take it of then put it back on job done :)

would cost you about £25 for head gasket
so you do it urself ye save about £200+

[P398UGD]

Well surely it would have been on an advisory or he'd mentioned it to me or something? Ye ill give it a good run, probly the weekend ill get chance now. It was a last minute thing, finished work at 6, and they were here by half 6, so that couldnt have been helped really. Wouldnt i surely see any symptoms though if HG was going? As mentioned.....engine cutting out, residue round oil cap etc?

yes mate lack of power and spluttering and if it did go it wouldnt start engine management ligfht would come on aswell

[TheVtrKid]

id say £300 mate and that suply with all the new parts :)
il tell you an easyer way mate and save your money if u want to do it ur self its easy...

disconect all piping and switches.
time it up
undo the inlet manifold and then the exhaust manifold

take the head of gett it skimmed cost £20-25 then refit urself the same way as u took it all of thats how you learn mate easy..

start in the morning so u got time to get the head skimmed
it takes 3 hours to take it of then put it back on job done :)

would cost you about £25 for head gasket
so you do it urself ye save about £200+

Seriously mate, thats fooking jiberish to me lol. My dad will know, but to me? Thats bloody mumbo jumbo lol. But ill mention that to my dad, i full time so no chance i'll have time tomorrow. It'll be weekend now.

[TheVtrKid]

yes mate lack of power and spluttering and if it did go it wouldnt start engine management ligfht would come on aswell

Well it starts first time everytime without fail, and no lights have come on yet what so ever. So could just be gunk?

[P398UGD]

lol ok fella show him the reply that mite be easyer lol

[TheVtrKid]

thats exactly what i'll do haha. Thanks mate

[P398UGD]

hope so mate..
i have 1 big fvcking job tomoz haha mi16 conversion in my pug gti so engine out and stripped for the parts to sell then rebuild the mi16 the fit the fvcker haha

[Cara19]

ahhh mine looks like that too, i bloody hope its not the head gasket. i just wipe the stuff away but im always doing long journeys. i blew my ka's head gasket and my saxo better not be the same :(

[P398UGD]

saxo's are easy my mate gasket is 12 quid then u do it your self lol

[Tontsy]

well i thought myself surely the hhead gasket cant have gone. Ive just taken a picture of oil and radiator pipe. You can see a bit of gunk in the radiator pipe but the oil looks fine, and i dipped it, and no gunk or anything came out, surely it would? No theres no residue on the oil cap or anything. All looks fine to me and the car runs perfectly fine. Just that gunk in the radiator cap. Heres the pics, what you think

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/linkinpark4eva/PICT1034.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/linkinpark4eva/PICT1030.jpg

Ive seen more gunk undeer my foreskin after a messy night in amsterdam!
Hardgly hg worthy.

As said a compression test, any garage would have one or buy your own for about 10 quid on ebay.

The gunk, is water being mixed with oil... Hg splits and it mixes, or condensation not being burnt off, will mix with the oil...

[Cara19]

haha i wont be doing it myself
so i could of changed my ka head gasket for 12 quid? i sold it to a garage and they gave me 50 for the car booooo i thought the head gasket was really serious

[VexxedVTS]

Buy a haynes manual and follow it to the letter.
I changed my HG in the saxo, quite easy but easy to fuck your engine if not done right.
Read the manual and the re-read it and then read it again.
Oh and take your time dont rush thats when you miss things.
HG don't always have to be skimmed btw.

[P398UGD]

that is completly true

most cases if the engine has been cooked then the head will be warped lol hi vex mate

[TheVtrKid]

Ive seen more gunk undeer my foreskin after a messy night in amsterdam!
Hardgly hg worthy.

As said a compression test, any garage would have one or buy your own for about 10 quid on ebay.

The gunk, is water being mixed with oil... Hg splits and it mixes, or condensation not being burnt off, will mix with the oil...

lol very nice mate. so that doesnt really look like head gaskets gone? As said before, i have no idea, i wouldn't even noticed it if the guy hadn't mentioned it.

[VexxedVTS]

that is completly true

most cases if the engine has been cooked then the head will be warped lol hi vex mate

Hi buddy:hug:

Yea like he said it'll warp over time and stress on the engine.
I heard water gushing about behind the dash and checked the oil straight away and mayo on the cap.

But I say try it, if you have instuctions that you stick to you'll be fine

[Rach125]

jizz..

[P398UGD]

awwwwwwwwww

[swampy]

No they wouldnt mark it on any sheet at an mot.
How could they tell?
They dont remove any öf the engine caps when doing an mot
id say its just condensation.
A good run out should sort it.

[P398UGD]

agreed :)