antmashed
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my car is drinking water and lots of it !!
its gettin hot very quickly!
the water tank looks orange !
theres no water leaking from anywhere!
and sounds a bit tappety!
Headgasket or could it be something else?
please tell me something less harsh 
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nova_gteuk
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check under your oil cap,if its got creamy,your head gaskets gone.
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antmashed
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its covered in oil lol
could it be on its way out ?
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pdwhelan
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Check exhaust for white smoke and puddles of water in the pipe. those are signs for headgasket, but from what you described it seems it has gone
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antmashed
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hard to change?
how much to get it changed?
and if i drive it will it get worse and worse??
[Edited on 12-06-2007 by antmashed]
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gavin18787
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Doesnt always need to be a creamy substance under the filler cap. Depends on where abouts its gone.
Get it tested mate to be sure, its either free or very cheap to get done 
although it does sound like it very well could be to me
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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antmashed
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i got told it was quite an expensive job?
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pdwhelan
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£250+ i think
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antmashed
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Warren G
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quote:
Originally posted by pdwhelan
£250+ i think
i would like to see someone do it for £250, cost more than that in parts if done properly
try £600+
my garage charges over £1000 (vauxhall)
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gavin18787
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Yer its well over £250
Although warren.g did mine for a good price 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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antmashed
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well my old man has a few contacts but if he cant get it done cheaper then i will come to you!
im taking it your not a little shoddy company bodging peoples cars?
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pdwhelan
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if you know some one then yes they will do it for £250, they dont have to work at vauxhall either.
My mates dad is a very good mechanic and will take ANY job on for half price that a garage will charge for the whole job.
My head gasket has gone but i didnt get it fixed. instead i used k-seel for £10 wich seems to have sorted it out. That was a few months ago now. I wouldnt trust it to last for much longer though, especialy in the hot weather.
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antmashed
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forgot to mention spark plug no.4 was a bit fooked , and i read in another (old) thread this means the water jackets gone  is that good news?
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Warren G
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quote:
Originally posted by antmashed
forgot to mention spark plug no.4 was a bit fooked , and i read in another (old) thread this means the water jackets gone is that good news?
thats where the gaskets normaly fail, on number 4, aslong as the head is okay and not corroaed to the compression ring it would be okay
quote:
Originally posted by antmashed
well my old man has a few contacts but if he cant get it done cheaper then i will come to you!
im taking it your not a little shoddy company bodging peoples cars?
bodge 100% not! done at home, in my garage, have lifts/air compressor everything
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Toby
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i got quote 340 inc labour to have my done but its was fucked so had to bang a new engine in
edit: will get worse if its on its way out to the points its gone and bits get fucked
[Edited on 12-06-2007 by CorsaB4ever]
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antmashed
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is there anything i can do tempoarily to drive it?
or if i do drive it will it makes things worse and expensive?
[Edited on 12-06-2007 by antmashed]
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Scotty C
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£520 from vauxhall
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SAL
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tbh mate, i would not drive it ! its was fucked when i see it ! told head gasket had/was goin
btw peeps the substance on the expansion tank is a mix of cream and orange if that helps
dont drive untill fixed imo
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lee mitchell
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quote:
Originally posted by antmashed
im taking it your not a little shoddy company bodging peoples cars?
hes sussed u out warren 
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Ben ev
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quote:
Originally posted by warren.g
quote:
Originally posted by pdwhelan
£250+ i think
i would like to see someone do it for £250, cost more than that in parts if done properly
try £600+
my garage charges over £1000 (vauxhall)
can you list the parts that are going to total over £600 please
this is why main dealer is last resort only. ive never heard such a ridiculas suggestion. ide say 2 hours labour on most engines and £100 in parts tops!
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m1ke
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i would say 500+ including parts and labour, depends how bad the head is. if it needs skimming/pressure testing or anything will cost more, and whilsts its off they got to time it up anyway so wack a cambelt and new pulleys also a oil and filter change and anti frezze change
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Dean_W
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When I had my head changed, it cost about £100 for parts and £250 for the job to be done.
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craig_s
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the head will defo need skimming if its gone.head skim £20-£30 head set £40-£50 head bolts £20 and then the labour.wich i would say should be around £130-£150
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Ben G
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don't know where some of the people in this thread go. i went to one of my dad's mates.
cost me £650 to fix my head gasket, skim head, buy lots of new parts for it etc etc.
labours the killer. people must think you just pay for the parts and like 20 quid labour or something
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