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11-12-2009, 04:23 PM
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Good old Rs's!
Got my electrics sorted today, cheers Tommy, and in good Rs style, one prob fix and another comes along! Head gasket gone, Iv now got mayo, not oil in the car, happy days!lol
Looks like its coming to bit tomorrow!
Looks like its coming to bit tomorrow!
11-12-2009, 04:35 PM
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11-12-2009, 04:37 PM
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Where is the mayo?
doesnt necesarily mean it's the head gasket, short journey's/not much use recently can cause mayo in breather/oil cap
Do a leakage test before you decide to strip it IMO and watch out for the water rising in the header tank.
doesnt necesarily mean it's the head gasket, short journey's/not much use recently can cause mayo in breather/oil cap
Do a leakage test before you decide to strip it IMO and watch out for the water rising in the header tank.
11-12-2009, 05:49 PM
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How do I leak test it? water rising in header tank?
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11-12-2009, 06:03 PM
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You need a compressor, and a leakage tester
its kinda the same as a compression test, only instead of turning it over to get the compression PSI you just put it to TDC on the cylinder you are testing and put the airline onto it, so it blows air in, tells you what % of the cylinder is leaking and you can work out if its inlet/exhaust/bore leakage and also if the head gasket is away into the water jacket it will show up by firing air into the water system.
top the header tank right to the brim when you test it so you can see it rising/bubbles.
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Cylinde...Sealey-VSE2020
its kinda the same as a compression test, only instead of turning it over to get the compression PSI you just put it to TDC on the cylinder you are testing and put the airline onto it, so it blows air in, tells you what % of the cylinder is leaking and you can work out if its inlet/exhaust/bore leakage and also if the head gasket is away into the water jacket it will show up by firing air into the water system.
top the header tank right to the brim when you test it so you can see it rising/bubbles.
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Cylinde...Sealey-VSE2020
11-12-2009, 06:42 PM
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You need a compressor, and a leakage tester
its kinda the same as a compression test, only instead of turning it over to get the compression PSI you just put it to TDC on the cylinder you are testing and put the airline onto it, so it blows air in, tells you what % of the cylinder is leaking and you can work out if its inlet/exhaust/bore leakage and also if the head gasket is away into the water jacket it will show up by firing air into the water system.
top the header tank right to the brim when you test it so you can see it rising/bubbles.
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Cylinde...Sealey-VSE2020
its kinda the same as a compression test, only instead of turning it over to get the compression PSI you just put it to TDC on the cylinder you are testing and put the airline onto it, so it blows air in, tells you what % of the cylinder is leaking and you can work out if its inlet/exhaust/bore leakage and also if the head gasket is away into the water jacket it will show up by firing air into the water system.
top the header tank right to the brim when you test it so you can see it rising/bubbles.
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Cylinde...Sealey-VSE2020
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14-12-2009, 11:48 AM
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i know how u feel mate keep ya chin up summot similar happened to me spent a grand on my old rs reconditioning the head and welding (it needed alot lol) finally got thru mot and and put a years tax on it went out on the evening then the oil pump gave up the ghost and killed the engine lol bad times haha
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