help need (Cars fooked)

[wings]

Hi,

Right car started playing up on friday by chucking out loads of smoke out the exhaust and not getting the speed in 3gear. Today just got in my car drove about 10meters and cut out. After many trys it started and it was just chucking smoke out. It cut out then restarted but car was shaking to **** turned key of but the engin carryed on for 1min then cut out. Left it at that.

Its been going through the engin water very fast. Topping it up dayly.

Any help would be great while im off today.

[coombsey]

sounds like head gasket

[big gra]

yea sounds like head gasket has gone and leaking into one of the cooling ports! what engine is it?

[Chris Astley]

Sounds like head gasket to me also.

Chris

[wings]

its a 1.2i. Iv just drained all the oil out and its a mancky brown colour. Ill start to look at the head gasket now.