im on with fitting my t4 to the cossie took the old turbo off.

now the header tank has been pressurised for about 2wks and if you give the car some mist comes out the passenger side bonnet vent but no mayo type crap in oil it doesnt overheat etc but now ive took the old turbo off there is water in the downpipe and in the exhaust housing is the headgasket fooked i need to know while im at it so i can take head off now rather than later on

 

Head off i think, sorry

Steve.

 

dont be sorry mate lol i just need to know for certain

 

anyone????

 

it's hard to say,remove the plugs and see if there's any sign of water getting on them (one may be a little rusty) for water to get into the exhaust housing,it must be in the combustion chamber too....so i'd guess the car would run slightly poorly at least....unless it's just condensation?

where does the mist come from exactly?

 

plug number 3 is a bit rusty on inspection, see pic



the rest are just black as fook, theres definitely more water than just condensation though, the mist comes up through the vent after youve given it some, but only when you turn it off not as its driving

 

when was the last gasket changed? and what's on it now?

 

was changed 18months ago and its got a multi layer cometic gasket on at the minute

 

SHED

 

i'd be surprised if it was the gasket then? but i think the only way to know for sure is to get the head off,and then give me your T4

 

just said that to sarah, wouldnt surprise me if it was the head and not the head gasket as thats what happened to my 3dr

and NO your not getting it


not yet anyway


Craig- stfu, you have a standard exhaust on your car, how can you call ANYONES car a shed

 

 

check turbo water pipes for hairline cracks where they join the banjoes. i've had 2 with that problem, and it causes the water to leak onto the exhaust manifold

 

will do that now, thanks

 

det can kill a head gasket in seconds, never mind 18months

 

Unlucky dicko, thats 3 saphs from the same group gone down in the space of a week

Keep us posted mate

Bri.

 

lol i heard about yours mate whats the damage? i just need to know for certain before i take the head off lol

 

don't know yet but my rad is leaking again, had a look this morning and found i left the rubber mountings off when i changed the rad So the flex might have caused the end cap to start leaking (i hope), and my rad fans don't work

Bri.

 

That was the first sign of wennys engine going bang big style in the monte dicko we were out in it the wed night and there was a bit of mist coming on the screen through the passenger side vent, sunday night we were out in it it melted 2 pistons and cracked the block but you would know that as you wernt far behind us , ide take the head off as a precaution if i was you mate if you do put the t4 on and there is a problem it could make things alot worse..

 

bttt

 

Yes, either a head gasket or a cracked block , seen it many times !

 

oh dear, this ain't sounding good m8

 

Sounds like the gasket to me, I wouldn't put a Cometic multi-layer one on a LAWN MOWER . They're SHIT and even if the head and block are meticulously prepped, I have still heard of them failing with fairly modest power at only a few thousand miles .

 

to be honest mike if it is the headgasket i cant fault it its been on about 18mths at 30psi and has done about 25k plus miles think ill take the head off tomorrow and inspect further

cheers guys

 

25k miles @ 30psi???!!!!! gasket then methinks

 

hope it is just the gasket guess ill find out tomorrow

 

ye defo sounds like gasket or cracked head, you were only saying last week that your on your first rebuild lol.

 

When mine went like yours i done the HG but it done it again

Was a cracked block

Steve.

 

is yours a 205 block dicko, running 30 psi and not long studded

 

Any news mate?

Bri.

 

not yet mate head is all ready to lift off but i couldnt do it by my self lol and sarah wasnt strong enough to help so ill het me old man to come round tomorrow

is yours sorted bri?

 

hope its ok dicko mate ,

new lifters fuel pump and filters in the s2 today ,

running lurrvvly ,

just think that oil pipe may have done a spot of damage to the shells

arrgh

fooking rs's man !!!