JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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For a while now my car has seemed to smoke a little bit out the exhaust (whitish) but not like loads jus when im accelerating. Last night i noticed my water in my coolent bottle had gone down a fiar bit, (hasnt been checked for a couple of months ) could this be just a conicidence. ive checked for leaks but there dosen't seem to be any.
thanks for any help 
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Simon_16v
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Registered: 14th Aug 06
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Well easiet thing to do is fill the coolant bottle back and check for leaks overnight. You should be able to notice it if your parked on a drive. If its going without a trace, take your oil cap off and see if you have a creamy looking substance, if you do its more thank likely the headgasket
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JayT
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ok then. how long should the water last on average. its a 1.2 8v btw
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Simon_16v
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Well when your engine is on its constantly circulating. If all is fine, should last forever lol
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JayT
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lol o rite wel il keep an eye on it then. filled it up to the right level today soo il just keep checking, thanks for your help 
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87dannyboy
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Have a coolant pressure test done. pressure up the cooling system and leave the guage for about 10 mins. if the pressure drops then uve got a leak. do a block test aswell, this will see if any exhaust gasses are getting into the cooling system.
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JayT
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i have now found a slight oil leak when i leave it over night. got in the pit last night and i cant really see where its comin from. theres a thin layer of oil covered in what i thinks the oil sump.
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