Originally Posted by
jodyhoare
hhmmmm..... would a pressure test give me any indication of the head gasket beeing goosed? as you said m8 my pipes are like concreate too!!
thats for oil compression/piston wear/ring ect...
the do run hot RSturbos always have when you upgrade from standard but mine dont even get past 3/4 on the heat gauge on hard boost.. stoping and starting..
are you losing any water? give this a go, make sure its cold, put your heaters on warm, on max, and run it without the water cap on, maybe a air lock but when you tell us that the water hoses are going rock that would tell me HG..
leave it with me for a few hours, will ring a mate from ford who works on thease everyday..
Few more-
to indicate other points are this, Starting, does it sometimes take 2/3 times to start, since its summer, when you start it does it puff any white smoke a little on start?
the head-gaskit could be on its way out, just not gone yet, but you'll know when the head-gaskit goes, looks like your doing a drift with the amount of smoke that comes out.. look like a steam engine