chris_dunlea

hi, just looked under my fiesta rs turbo today and found a puddle of oil under the engine on the drivers side quite close to the front. and also the water level in the header tank rises as i rev the engine? my gearbox has gone and so has my clutch but i doubt its got anything to do wiv that? the internals are fully forged so i doubt i have blown it up and its just had a new turbo?? maybe a head gasket? any other ideas?? cheers

Lee Ivatt

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Difficult to tell with out looking at the car, pics would be a start!

Sounds like head gasket (or could be turbo if its a water cooled one?)

Just because the engines forged does not mean you cant blow it up!

Is the header tank pressurising, is there white sludge on the oil filler cap, is there an oily film in the header tank or does the water smell of oil?

Try and trace where the oils coming exactly from, if its the turbo then you should quite easily see oil dripping from the braided oil pipe.

First thoughts tho are head gasket mate, Easy job tho, can be done in a weekend.

New gaskets, valve stem oil seals and stretch bolts should be around £100

Head pressure check and possible light skim around £50.

Get some pics up mate.

chris_dunlea

thanks alot mate. got a mate who owns a garage who sed its a head gasket but thought i wud get a second opinion. theres no oil coming from the turbo at all but it is coming from around that area. and yes the header tanks is pressurising and there doesnt seem to be any white sludge in the oil filler cap?

Lee Ivatt

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Sounds like early stage of head gasket failure.

Get the head off asap, before anymore damage is done.

Im sure your gararge mate will do this, but id strongly recomend a head pressure test and possible skim. If the waters pressurising then the head may be a little warped or at worst have a crack!


Hopefully as said around £150 and a weekends work and you be back on the road!

chris_dunlea

ok mate cheers wat headgasket u recommend for 15psi off boost on a CVH engine??

Lee Ivatt

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Well any well recgonised Group A item, say felpro. Also you will want Group A head bolts. I use non stretch ones on my cvh's, can save you a fortune if it happens again.

15psi's a fair amount for a little cvh.....so id expect to be doing the gasket again at some point in the furure. What sort of power are you pushing,i guess its not running a T2 anymore!?

As said pics would be great!

chris_dunlea

http://www.fiestaturbo.com/viewimage/doncaster2001/1
thats the one but it doesnt look anything like that anymore its blue. dno if uve seen it before?

Lee Ivatt

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Oh dear, oh dear

No wonder the headgaskets gone



Put it back to standard at once

chris_dunlea

wat u mean no wonder the head gaskets gone?? i bought the car in the condition it is i didnt make it lol.

chris_dunlea

wer can i but a hybrid t25 turbo from??

Lee Ivatt

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What i meant is its no wonder the engines fucked, with styling like the that the drivers bound to be ragging the tits off if it.

Get it back to standard

chris_dunlea

lol couldnt agree wiv u more mate but like i sed i didnt build this car (or style it) i just bought it with the intention of gettin it back to its former glory lol.