Bobber123
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Registered: 18th Aug 08
Location: E Riding of Yorkshire
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finished work tonight and went to petrol station... pulled up in the forecourt and it was chucking smoke out the exhaust 
i am yet to have a proper look in daylight at the colour/smell of it to try guess what the cause is.
If its a headgasket i can deal with that as its a 1.4 8v and i can do one of them in about two hours,
Just hoping its not the rings or a worn cylinder bore or something major. From what i can gather the car has been looked after really well so hopefully its been regurlarly serviced and not neglected so it is worn out.
not happy
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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Could just be stem seals or some shit.
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Bobber123
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Registered: 18th Aug 08
Location: E Riding of Yorkshire
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possibly, might have to try replacing them 1st, however it might be more efficient to do the head gasket and stem seals at the same time
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tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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How were you planning on doing the valve stem seals without removing the head 
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Bobber123
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Registered: 18th Aug 08
Location: E Riding of Yorkshire
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good call... long day today lol!
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gazza808
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Registered: 30th Jun 08
Location: Peterborough
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
How were you planning on doing the valve stem seals without removing the head
easily, most big garages have a setup so you can do it with the head on.
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