Brown/black (oil?) in cooling system...

[ham1]

Any ideas what would cause this? I'm going to take it to a garage tomorrow and see what they say, wish I noticed it before I bought the car lol.

[MaRiO89]

Headgasket failure..

[BENSAX3]

short sharp answer got it in one ^^

[Steovts]

Headgasket failure..

Yep never a good sign mate.Do you ever have overheating problems?

[ham1]

Lame, that's what I was thinking.. I haven't driven it enough to have overheating problems lol, but it did seem to be rather warm after not driving particularly far.

How much do you think it should cost to get that repaired.. I presume cooling system will have to be cleaned etc too? *sigh*

[Steovts]

Ah just a quick wash out but the head gaskets your problem as they are pricey if paying someone to do the job for you

[MaRiO89]

All garages vary tbh..Not sure on the going rate though..

[ham1]

hmm... will find out tomorrow.

[ham1]

dammit.. that and fixing clutch cable n maybe few other little things = 700 o.O

[Danhunt]

happened to me not nice. Had to pay 400 for it to be all done, new gasket, skimmed head and service. Not had a problem since though

[ham1]

Ah its only going to cost 550ish, the person that took it to the garage today got things mixed up, but yeah should be good afterwards.