Oh Deep Bl**dy Joy...

[MexDan]

I've just emptied my catch tank on the mex and its FULL of fooking WATER!!

 

So thats a new head gasket then... or worse case a cracked head!!

 

Just when i get some money to do a few bits to the thing as well!!

 

Bo**ox

[M.Bird412E]

When you say full how full, it may just be a build up of condensation, is the car using water? is the oil cap creamy? Do you occansionly start it let it warm up or is it a daily?

 

 

it might not be all that bad!

 

A head gasgets not the end of the world though 2 hours work on a x-flow if there's two pairs of hands.

[MexDan]

Yes mate its been using water.. running hot.. creamy oil etc etc

 

All the signs are there... its not the work i'm pissed about.. i have no problem with doing that.. its just as u start to (or feel like you start to) get some where with it you get somthing like this happen!!

 

Two steps forward.. three back

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I know how you feel. I had the engine out of my van about 36 times before things started to go right. And then the head gasket blew. But I'd just bought a two litre, so I just dropped that in.

[DeanMk1Capri]

Bad luck m8... happens to us all from time to time. My brand new engine ate a cam in 1,500 miles for no apparent reason, had to change it. Just fitted a new specially built inlet manifold to run twin carbs and it f**king leaks - aahhh Replacement on its way, but what bad luck and what a waste of time! Get there in the end