White smoke/steam + Missfire = ?
26-02-2008, 05:52 PM
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White smoke/steam + Missfire = ?
Hi all, hoping someone can help!
Took 3 door to brunters today for some high speed fun.
Did a run, and on way back noticed temp gauge had gone up long way - usually sits on 1/4 or less, and had gone to half.
Popped bonnet and it had lost 90% of the coolant as the hose from the header had come lose. Tightened it up, refilled with water and all seemed fine and dandy.
Drove home VERY gently, and it is now missfiring throughout the rev range and plumes of white smoke/steam out of the back. But, according to temp gauge not getting hot, and there's still coolant in there.
Can anyone diagnose? Headgasket? Its got a cometic multi layer, done 400 miles ago.
I'm gutted.
Took 3 door to brunters today for some high speed fun.
Did a run, and on way back noticed temp gauge had gone up long way - usually sits on 1/4 or less, and had gone to half.
Popped bonnet and it had lost 90% of the coolant as the hose from the header had come lose. Tightened it up, refilled with water and all seemed fine and dandy.
Drove home VERY gently, and it is now missfiring throughout the rev range and plumes of white smoke/steam out of the back. But, according to temp gauge not getting hot, and there's still coolant in there.
Can anyone diagnose? Headgasket? Its got a cometic multi layer, done 400 miles ago.
I'm gutted.
26-02-2008, 05:58 PM
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26-02-2008, 06:00 PM
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26-02-2008, 06:04 PM
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Not that I can really see but its virtually pitch black now.
When the header emptied itself earlier the water in the engine bay did feel a bit oily (like line cleaner if you've ever worked in a pub!) but I thought that was prob anti-freeze.
TBH I'm shitting myself about how much this will cost to fix.
When the header emptied itself earlier the water in the engine bay did feel a bit oily (like line cleaner if you've ever worked in a pub!) but I thought that was prob anti-freeze.
TBH I'm shitting myself about how much this will cost to fix.
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26-02-2008, 06:05 PM
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Not that I can really see but its virtually pitch black now.
When the header emptied itself earlier the water in the engine bay did feel a bit oily (like line cleaner if you've ever worked in a pub!) but I thought that was prob anti-freeze.
TBH I'm shitting myself about how much this will cost to fix.
When the header emptied itself earlier the water in the engine bay did feel a bit oily (like line cleaner if you've ever worked in a pub!) but I thought that was prob anti-freeze.
TBH I'm shitting myself about how much this will cost to fix.
26-02-2008, 06:21 PM
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26-02-2008, 06:25 PM
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gutted for you mate, im sure sum 1 in the central group aka cossiecrazy will be able to help you sort it tho, how did lloyd get on ?
26-02-2008, 06:30 PM
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So, how likely is cracked head/bolck, and how do you tell?
26-02-2008, 06:37 PM
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pm me his times mate, wanna see what he got, i hope you havnt cracked the block or the head mate, cars a minter and i know how long you have wanted it,
26-02-2008, 07:07 PM
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thats shit news mate,i think it will just be the headgasket.its expensive playing with cossys mate.i could give you a hand to replace it ,but would be a couple of weeks before i get time off work
26-02-2008, 07:27 PM
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How do I tell if its block/head or just the gasket?
26-02-2008, 09:07 PM
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As per Lloyd above, pull her apart and take a look....
Maybe stick some pics on here as well for our diagnosis (and for our morbid curiousity!)
Deffo worth a compression test or leak down test first though, to help you establish which cylinder will be the problem (saves looking all over the place if say no 3 is the only one affected)
Si
Maybe stick some pics on here as well for our diagnosis (and for our morbid curiousity!)
Deffo worth a compression test or leak down test first though, to help you establish which cylinder will be the problem (saves looking all over the place if say no 3 is the only one affected)
Si
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