trickshot2005
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hi all
Today when i went to park up at the gym i go to and then i realised that my car was p*ssing water out from the bottom as i was walking away. And i thought " im screwed" so i left it for an hour for it to cool down. Then after i put some water into the tank it wasnt a lot but it had to do for my drive home, then when i was driving i saw the temperature guage going up when im stood stationary then when i'm driving it slowly goes down. To put my mind ease even though my head is still all over the place i took it to my local garage and explained the situation, so the mechanic gave it the once over and came out with the possibilities that either my waterpump is playing up or my headgasket. so its been booked in on monday and hopefully it should be sorted out i hope  and it doesnt help that i've got work on monday so i'm going to have to book a day off. If the worse does come how much would a headgasket cost rougly?
sorry for the essay just needed to get it off my chest 
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Dean_W
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Depends who does your headgasket. Anyhting from £200 to £500
What engine is it?
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trickshot2005
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quote:
Originally posted by Dean_W
Depends who does your headgasket. Anyhting from £200 to £500
What engine is it?
Its a 1.4 16v
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corsa_rob
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u can buy 1.4/1.6 lumps for like £400ish lol
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ryzer
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mine was doing exactly the same, it was water pump, followed by the head gasket, although mine was a vectra
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trickshot2005
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lol now i'm absolutley dredding monday if it is the headgasket and this is my first and last corsa im ever going to have.
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trickshot2005
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quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
mine was doing exactly the same, it was water pump, followed by the head gasket, although mine was a vectra
how much did it cost you to get it fixed?
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Ricky352
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quote:
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Originally posted by ryzer
mine was doing exactly the same, it was water pump, followed by the head gasket, although mine was a vectra
how much did it cost you to get it fixed?
if it is the headgasket you shud look around for a cheap prices, cos prices do really range and can go very high. If its just the water pump i wudnt imagine it being too dear
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Lee Wilson
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I had my head gasket go on my old 1.4 sport.
Cost about £600 
This was including rocker cover gasket, new timing belt kit, air con recharge and various other general service bits like oil, filter and coolant etc.
I have noticed in all corsa's ive been in the temperatue gauge does sit high in traffic though. I just pull my air con switch out and it keeps a fan on the radiator at all times (good for sitting in traffic)
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Ben G
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cost me 650 quid for a new headgasket and other bits that had fucked up aswell due to the headgasket going.
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corsa - gus
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Mine started doin this and it was the pipe from the water tank had come loose and was loosing water that way, don't know how that managed to happen though!! Just needed re attached and all was well.
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ryzer
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i did my gasket myself, and water pump, but i got quoted at least £850 from vauxhall, with a high chance of it going higher
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trickshot2005
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im not going to vauxhall as i heard they rip people off to the fullest with thier prices
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Cyril
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quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
mine was doing exactly the same, it was water pump, followed by the head gasket, although mine was a vectra
thats what happened on my sport lol.
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trickshot2005
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cars are a right pain in the ass to look after especially corsas! lol
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Fro
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surely the HG wouldn't piss out water as described though. I've had two moments regarding pissing out water within two weeks both have been nothing more than split hoses.
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T21SVJ
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If it was your head gasket the you would have mayo under your oil cap, and when you put the water back in did it disaper again? if it was pissing out then sounds like a hose, dont let the garage rip you off by sayin it could be the headgasket and it turns out it aint
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T21SVJ
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and by the way you could have any trouble with any car you by not just corsas
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trickshot2005
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Originally posted by t8ssjsport
If it was your head gasket the you would have mayo under your oil cap, and when you put the water back in did it disaper again? if it was pissing out then sounds like a hose, dont let the garage rip you off by sayin it could be the headgasket and it turns out it aint
i havent checked the oil cap yet but thats what i need to do, when i put water back in it didnt disapear and thats what im afraid of getting ripped off by the garage plus to add insult to injury they know my dad so im hopeing that they wouldnt.
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ryzer
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mine was pissing out, because the pressure was massive, no mayonnaise clolur under the cap, and no white smoke. block test and compression test indicated headgasket
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Cyril
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i did a block test on mine and plus it was very smokey which also led me to think it was the headgasket.
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T21SVJ
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just dont let the garage rip you off, do the check, mayo, white smoke out the back when warm, and a missfire, and los off coolant
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trickshot2005
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i've just check my oil cap and theres no mayonaise colour but i've got 1 thing in my mind that im going to get ripped off i just know it.
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T21SVJ
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see what the outcome is on monday! but get different views from other garages, it just doesnt sound like the headgasket to me.
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trickshot2005
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Originally posted by t8ssjsport
see what the outcome is on monday! but get different views from other garages, it just doesnt sound like the headgasket to me.
yep true plus im going to try and get different views from other people that knows their cars really good cause its happened to a couple of other people who i know and try get quotes if it does come down to headgasket. i'm still crapping myself lol
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