Head gasket?
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Head gasket?
Hi all,
always wanted a cossie so finally bought a low mileage example but like every cossie owner I now worry about every little drop of oil, noise, click, water drop etc etc!!! I’m too scared to use it!
i rarely use it as it’s an investment but it’s left in my garage which occasionally steams up as tumble drier is out there.
When i I start it it pisses moisture/steam out the exhaust and seems an excessive amount but most crucially it doesn’t use an ounce of water have never topped it up since flushing the water system 500 miles ago.
damp environment could account for the moisture but it goes on for ages until it’s warm.
not down on power and runs very well, no flat spots no miss fires, plugs are fine, no oil in water or vice versa and pistons are 125-130psi
it does have the optional extra chassis lubrication system and pisses out oil from most places but the exhaust is 100% oil free just carbon and when cold moist with water
am i just worrying too much?
always wanted a cossie so finally bought a low mileage example but like every cossie owner I now worry about every little drop of oil, noise, click, water drop etc etc!!! I’m too scared to use it!
i rarely use it as it’s an investment but it’s left in my garage which occasionally steams up as tumble drier is out there.
When i I start it it pisses moisture/steam out the exhaust and seems an excessive amount but most crucially it doesn’t use an ounce of water have never topped it up since flushing the water system 500 miles ago.
damp environment could account for the moisture but it goes on for ages until it’s warm.
not down on power and runs very well, no flat spots no miss fires, plugs are fine, no oil in water or vice versa and pistons are 125-130psi
it does have the optional extra chassis lubrication system and pisses out oil from most places but the exhaust is 100% oil free just carbon and when cold moist with water
am i just worrying too much?
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Steam rising
This is after not being used for 2 months and been running for about 10mins at this point however I used it yesterday but if I start it now I imagine would be the same
The black is just carbon from un burnt fuel there is zero oil in exhaust
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as an engineer everything is telling me it’s all ok! But as an owner I’m always worried “what if”
it leaks oil like a since our of every gasket! Least it won’t rust!
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If it’s not losing water and mixing water with oil and has good compression I wouldn’t worry about it, get out and use it like it was meant for how sick would you be if the values stagnated or even dropped and you haven’t had any fun out it.
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Hi all,
always wanted a cossie so finally bought a low mileage example but like every cossie owner I now worry about every little drop of oil, noise, click, water drop etc etc!!! I’m too scared to use it!
i rarely use it as it’s an investment but it’s left in my garage which occasionally steams up as tumble drier is out there.
When i I start it it pisses moisture/steam out the exhaust and seems an excessive amount but most crucially it doesn’t use an ounce of water have never topped it up since flushing the water system 500 miles ago.
damp environment could account for the moisture but it goes on for ages until it’s warm.
not down on power and runs very well, no flat spots no miss fires, plugs are fine, no oil in water or vice versa and pistons are 125-130psi
it does have the optional extra chassis lubrication system and pisses out oil from most places but the exhaust is 100% oil free just carbon and when cold moist with water
am i just worrying too much?
always wanted a cossie so finally bought a low mileage example but like every cossie owner I now worry about every little drop of oil, noise, click, water drop etc etc!!! I’m too scared to use it!
i rarely use it as it’s an investment but it’s left in my garage which occasionally steams up as tumble drier is out there.
When i I start it it pisses moisture/steam out the exhaust and seems an excessive amount but most crucially it doesn’t use an ounce of water have never topped it up since flushing the water system 500 miles ago.
damp environment could account for the moisture but it goes on for ages until it’s warm.
not down on power and runs very well, no flat spots no miss fires, plugs are fine, no oil in water or vice versa and pistons are 125-130psi
it does have the optional extra chassis lubrication system and pisses out oil from most places but the exhaust is 100% oil free just carbon and when cold moist with water
am i just worrying too much?
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Don’t get me wrong I do drive it on Sunny days occasionally never in wet or cold but they are sky rocketing in price and putting loads of mileage on them ain’t going to do them any good price wise.
like I said I wish I had one years ago when they were Ł4K unfortunately as an apprentice was never going to happen!
like I said I wish I had one years ago when they were Ł4K unfortunately as an apprentice was never going to happen!
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Don’t get me wrong I do drive it on Sunny days occasionally never in wet or cold but they are sky rocketing in price and putting loads of mileage on them ain’t going to do them any good price wise.
like I said I wish I had one years ago when they were Ł4K unfortunately as an apprentice was never going to happen!
like I said I wish I had one years ago when they were Ł4K unfortunately as an apprentice was never going to happen!
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Most enthusiasts these days will go on overall condition of the car not mileage.You are not going to get loads of extra money unless its a perfect ultra low mileage example. Some people think that a car that is hardly ever driven and spends most of the time unused can end up with problems that a regular useage one won't have.
Its all subjective personally I wouldn’t touch anything with highmileage
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yeah not ideal I’ve plumbed in directly to vent outside but trying to get my wife to leave the door open when it’s on is another story!
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I’m fitting a de humidifier this week and heater so that should reduce any moisture, it’s getting colder so the dew point is easier to reach this time of year without heating
i used to have a similar setup until i caught my wife using the bonnet as a shelf for the washing basket.suffice to say it never happened again lol.
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