hi ,i have a 02 focus 1.8 tddi and its losing water and blowing steam out the back of the exhaust.iv changed the head gasket and put a second hand head on but its still blowing out steam...the problem is being a mate told me it could be the piston liners but iv looked on the tinternet and people say it might be the ecg or the water jacket and now someone said it could be a cracked turbo houseing ...........could someone please help as its all bloody doing my head in .lol
many thanks martyn

 

Is it loosing coolant, from what your saying I should think so? Somehow the coolant is entering the combustion chambers, you have ruled out the HG and head (Assuming the head was known to be good) When you did the HG did you notice one cylinder was a lot cleaner than the rest? This will be the cylinder where the coolant is entering, it could be a cracked block and it's entering that way?

Martin

 

hi matin........well myy mate who done the work the second time had a look at the old gasket and couldnt find a place where the gasket was break .....i will have to ask my mate who done the job if any cylinders was cleaner than the rest ...im going to take it for a drive to see if its still losing water then ill take it form there

 

Ok, keep us posted.

Martin

 

had something similar to this it turned out to be a rubber seal in a housing on the front of the engine gave the symptoms of head gasket but we sniffed it compression tested it to no avail it still lost water thats when a mate turned up and told us this housing on the front of the engine leaks ordered a new housing and gasket job done