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penfold82
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19th Mar 04 at 00:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Topped up the oil today and noticed loads of a pale coloured gunk around the rim of the hole.

I wanna clear this out completely. what way do i go about it?
LukeGSi
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19th Mar 04 at 00:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

engine flush - about a fiver from halfords then oil change!!
Greasemonkey
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19th Mar 04 at 01:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

looks like the early signs of head gasket faliure
penfold82
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19th Mar 04 at 01:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Tried redex before or somethin. took out the spark plugs and squirted it in there, and then added the rest into the fuel. Is this the same stuff?

I was thinking of replacing the head gasket soon cos the cars gone about 40,000 miles on this one. all of which i proudly put on myself., hee hee.
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good on ya man get stuck in, engine flush goes in ya oil ya drian the oil out then flush it through, gasket does seem likely though
penfold82
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19th Mar 04 at 01:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'll have it looked into. Thanks for the advice guys, havnt really a clue under the bonnet, ICE is my vice. Really wanna learn at some point.

whitter45
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19th Mar 04 at 10:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

right the gunk will be condensation as the oil warms up. Mine does this every winter and disappears when weather gets warmer. u get loads of gunk if u only do short runs
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19th Mar 04 at 11:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

whitter hit the nail on the head - take it out for a long hard run to burn off the condensation

also, there is no point changing a head gasket just because its done 40k

if your in doubt about the gasket then just get a compression test done
whitter45
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19th Mar 04 at 11:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
whitter hit the nail on the head - take it out for a long hard run to burn off the condensation

also, there is no point changing a head gasket just because its done 40k

if your in doubt about the gasket then just get a compression test done


cheers Gambit. As Gambit says if in doubt get a compression test done
penfold82
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19th Mar 04 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Dead on, i'll get myself booked in asap.

Thanks lads!

 
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