cossiebags

racing my mate eairler and then suddenly it backed off and smoke went everywhere there was no water left in the tank and water everywhere does any1 no what it coulb be??

RWD_cossie_wil

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No water would say head gasket to me..

MarK4

sounds expensive mate, especially for you to feel it back off. I take it that racing was on a private road lol.

creator

what colour was the smoke mate? are all the coolant hoses on tight?header tank cap on propley?

SiZT

If there was water everywhere check your hoses and all connections etc.. Try and find where the water's come from

cossiebags

the water cap was on but the water was dripping from front right as if the rad was cracked but smoke was comming out of exhaust as well

studabear

over pressuring could be head gasket fault, forcing water out, have a look in daylight

creator

be best to do this in the light-fill your cooling system back up then get a pressure tester and pressure test the system.this will show any leaks ect.

cossiebags

could that cause smoke out of exhaust

turbo_3dr_tommy

my money would be on HG too, did your temp gauge go high also ?

Slag

Wouldn't recommend putting up here that you was racing I'd use the term "driving along"

Doesn't sound like a turbo gone for all the coolent to go mate. That sounds like a pipe has split/melted/comeoff/hole in the rad and the water has touched a piping hot engine/turbo and caused the smoke. If it was white smoke then defo what I just said.

If your turbo went, it would have gone BANGG and moreless cut out or you'd be getting thick smoke (A LOT of it). You wouldn't be able to see out the back window due to the oil burning. Check to see if the turbo is leaking oil as well. Bit odd for you to feel it lose power though and still run. unless your engine just over heated due to no coolent

studabear

smoke as in blue/white smelling of burn't oil or could it have been steam?

cossiebags

thats what i think overheated because no water and it was steam but not sure and i duno what im looking at

cossiebags

if it was turbo would there be oil everywhere

Slag

Yup, seriously you would know about it if it was the turbo. I think you just had a stone chip up from doing some "speed" and it made a nice hole in the rad. that cuased water to splash up but you didn't notice the temp increase due to the help of the ice cold wind. Then it just creeped up and backed off. Wait till the morning mate, fill the coolent tank up with antifreeze and water. Then start the car on idel and watch under the bonnet. open the throttle body whilst looking in engine bay and just look for water pissing out. soon as you see it, turn the engine off and find what it is. It could be just clipping a pipe back on. OR a bigger job of replacing a rad. Still though.. not very hard to do. Haynes explains it all step by step if you've never done it before.

Chopshop85

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It sounds like more than your turbo. I would go with head gasket as well. But I didnt think this would cause the car to "backoff". Unless its a few things that have sh*t themselves.

studabear

if it was the turbo's oil feed or return then possibly yes, if it still starts, to it up with coolant and oil than let it idle and have a good luck round under the bonnet, In Daylight

cossiebags

cheers mate great help lads what a good night to bad a

creator

was it like it was misfiring or having a big misfire? or did nearly all the power go when you were trying to accelerate?

johnandhissaffy

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if its steam then head gasket i done my hg in September its a bastard when it goes
i bet ya ragged it from cold

trevorcossie

thats what it was doin for a couple of seconds only just before the smoke /steam as if it was bogging .not a total power loss ......

creator

defo sounds more like head gasket then mate.

trevorcossie

he never rags from cold ...he hardly ever rags it .bags is very cautious about warming up and down

cossiebags

cheers thanks for the help ill let you no by saturday afternoon whats up with it hopefully

Robs Frst

Sounds like headgasket to me.

cossie4i+

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Hope its not your HG mate and just a split hose or something easy to sort.

Steve

jammerrs

my first guess would be HG

hope its not though, good luck

24vcossiemat

i'd say mate, its blown a hose or headgasket, that would explain the white steam everywhere from the engine bay. don't think its turbo

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Hope you sort it and it's not expensive, sounds like a HG to me going by loss of water. Have you checked the Oil for signs of Mayo?

cossie4i+

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Any news yet ?

Steve

cossiebags

yes it was head gasket stripped it down 2day with my stepdads mate do you know where i can get a good head gasket from like an uprated one and he said about getting the head skimmed but whats all that about i never like the sound of that skimmed shit

mechanic28

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standard rs turbo headgasket is the best for them mate

cossiebags

would you recommend getting it skimmed

mechanic28

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yes mate as she has got hot!plus get it cracked checked

martysmartie

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Skimming is where a thin layer of the head is machined down to give a flat surface so the head sits neat, perfectly normal practice to have it done when replacing HG.

Any good machining company could do it for you.

Martin

nugnah

wouldn't hurt to get the head checked to see if it's warped mate, better to be safe than sorry, build it all back up with a bent head and boom back to square one.

cheers jason

cossiebags

ok cheers she will be back on the road soon lol

RST

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