mark6821
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Hi all i think the head gasket on my mums sri is on its way can you post all the classic symptoms of what usually happens please
The other day the managment light came on when she started it and there is lots of white gunk under the oil cap and on the dipper. Since i gave it to her about 6 month ago all it does every day is 3 miles there and back to work ive been told that this is the problem because it does not get warm is this true. Its a the 8v with 860000 on the clock
Thanks!!
[Edited on 25-03-2004 by mark6821]
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Kerry
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white gunk is black death it has breathing problems u need to clean breather pipes and see if it helps it is also a symptom of head gasket
have u dipped the oil and checked for air bubbles on the stick?
temperature is the thermostat and that may need replacing
can u not attempt to read the fault code with a paperclip?
[Edited on 25-03-2004 by Kerry]
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gsi-gaz
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tis easy mate to do the paperclip test!!!!!
aint it kerry 
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whitter45
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gunk doesn't always mean head gasket. i could be condensation from oil as it warms up. if short trips are made then loads of gunk will appear. i get gunk every winter with the cold weather and when the weather starts to warm up it dissappears. I would say its condensation
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Kerry
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do those engines have a condesation trap???
cleaned that out on the civic the other day as it was full of gunk and it ran loads better 
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whitter45
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don't think so kerry
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3CorsaMeal
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860000 on the clock
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Kerry
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with headgasket u can also sometimes here bubbling or hissing sounds
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