View Full Version : Today's fail
hendrix
27-01-12, 08:58 PM
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After getting on well this morning with fitting things up for mot the afternoon didn't go so well after running for 5 mins this was the result :(
Filled it with pea soup, rather than oil?
Pistol Pete
27-01-12, 10:35 PM
Forgot to fit the rocker cover??
scott.parker
27-01-12, 10:36 PM
Only thing i see is what looks like dog **** round the center of the inlet cam! lol
hendrix
27-01-12, 10:45 PM
It's all like mayo. Hg failed, pretty annoyed as its done 0 miles since rebuild
Pistol Pete
28-01-12, 09:35 AM
Eh? From that pic it look like you forgot a rocker cover gasket. Hence the oil in the plug bores...ask Benn about this LOL
Are you sure it's the gasket and not the head?
Novasport
28-01-12, 11:24 AM
As above, wip it off and send it for crack testing.
Any oil in the coolant?
hendrix
28-01-12, 01:09 PM
Hmm you have a point as we wondered why there was oil in there. It did have the gasket on yeah. No oil in header tank, lots of water in sump
i had the above problem, and it turned out to be the exhaust mainifold stud that i put in near the temp sender was to long and went threw the water jacket and into the cam area, and mixed the two together, i was pissed of big time, almost got the hammer out!
you sure its not a breather connected to a water pipe accidentally?
hendrix
28-01-12, 06:39 PM
Yeah I'm pretty certain that's not the case. Get the head whipped off and see what's what
Unlikely to be h/gasket with that much emulsification after such a short time!
Head cracked or incorrect gasket!
boomtings1
28-01-12, 09:30 PM
gasget right way round?
hendrix
28-01-12, 10:25 PM
Time will tell I guess when the head comes off
blue_peg_16v
28-01-12, 10:28 PM
Is the head off yet it's only a 5 min job
Like I said on text message Andy, burn it lol dont fix it lol
blue_peg_16v
28-01-12, 10:30 PM
My usual reply according to Andy
Fit a let you queer!
hendrix
28-01-12, 10:34 PM
Let is in bits here lol. Car isn't here and I didn't have time to do it yesterday
blue_peg_16v
28-01-12, 10:36 PM
Well you now have an excuse to bolt the let together and throw the xe in the skip lol
Eh? From that pic it look like you forgot a rocker cover gasket. Hence the oil in the plug bores...ask Benn about this LOL
Bugger thought that had been forgotten about.... Lol.
I fitted it, just not quite right... Lol.
Tbh it done look bad, flush it thought with clean oil, run it and change it, then see what it looks like...
novasrikev
27-03-12, 09:53 PM
**good news** is the head is off and found the problem and the head and gasket is good
**bad news** the block is fcuked has a crack in 2&3
BRoadGhost
27-03-12, 11:27 PM
How on earth do you crack a block?
Frozen coolant is one of many ways.
How on earth do you crack a block?its a vauxhall , thats how lol
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