found brown goo in the missis cars water bottle...any ideas what it is?? i drained most out was nasty.


need to know what it is as this is the only drivable car at the moment as mine is dead.

is it the head gasket?? looked at the oil cap, a spot of white no more. dont smell creamy more oil.

hers is a saxo 1ltr (womens saxo not boy racer type)

 

Did the car have any anti-freeze in it or only water ?? Sounds like it's just rust and sludge built up over the years.

Best bet is to back flush the radiator and re-fill with decent anti-freeze to the correct strength and then keep an eye on temps and stuff as it may have knackered the water pump.


HTH

Martyn

 

phew, she just done the antifreeze when i got home.....i got the blame so i was panicking on the bills

 

My rover had that, and it turned out to be head gasket....took the head gasket off ans had cracked block

Hope your Mrs' aint that though

 

oh god i hope not.

cars only done 50,000 miles.

im a dead man if the gasket has gone, i spend all my time on my erst and never gave hers a look over....oops

 

when was the last time you looked at the water??

 

99.99% sure it is the head gasket mate

same thing happened on my mums 106 (same car) as the headgasket goes, the goo forms in the rad. then you see it when you take the cap off

chances are you may need a new rad too as ours did.

my advice is to flush the radiator and cooling system fully, then refill go for a drive and see if it sludges up any more

does the car overheat at all?

 

hasnt been overheating.

only noticed as she tried to tow my erst, and she smelt burning, thought she overfilled the water (she did i checked)
so i drained some out finding this brown poop

 

She tried to tow your ERST in a 1ltr Saxo?

I'm not surprised she smelt burning to be honest mate, I don't think the little shopping trolley is up to that kind of load!

 

tried to explain that to her......mines a solid heavy beast abd yours is s***.....but you know women....

"i brought bloody tow rope"

" just a bloody car"

was quite amusing sitting in the rs while she revved like mad moving me a few feet...lol

 

No wonder she's destroyed it then

Hardly your fault if she kicks off

 

exactually my view!!!

as long as my rst is ok....who gives a damn........(my wallett, i'll end up payng for it)

if it is the head gasket what cost am i looking at?

 

Dunno but if you keep on making up words like exactually, you might find someone out there willing to give you a discount.