Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 changed my inlet manifold today.. while taking bits off to access it like the catch can i noticed it was full of water :/ and i mean full!after putting the car back together from putting my new fuel rail and inlet on i turned the engine on and heard there was a high pich tweet, so took a vid to show you guys what i can here and you maybe could help me find what it was,at this point i still didnt have the race spec fittings hooked up to the catch can and while the engine was running there was smoke and water coming out the fitting!really panicking as i cant afford any big repair bills heres the vid/>http://s750.photobucket.com/albums/xx142/josheyboy006/?action=view¤t=3d1d5e17.mp4need help asap! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Major Head Gasket fail?? And dont run the car! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 opened the oil filler and it was all clean, opened the water bottle and that was clean too :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Mine was doing that when my head gasket went mate there any white oil in the filler cap?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Drop the oil and see what its like Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Mine was doing that when my head gasket went mate there any white oil in the filler cap??nope its all clean , think im gunna pull the rocker cover off see what i can see then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hope its not to bad mate!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Ull probably not c anything mate I still think its ya head gasket mate cheap inuf to repair if u do it your self Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snails ep91 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) some inlet mani's have a water way in them and some dont right? could that have something to do with it seeing as its just happened after changing inlet...and yu havent done anything silly like linking a vaccuum hose to a coolant line?? just troubleshootingsam Edited April 10, 2012 by snails ep91 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 some inlet mani's have a water way in them and some dont right? could that have something to do with it seeing as its just happened after changing inlet...and yu havent done anything silly like linking a vaccuum hose to a coolant line?? just troubleshootingsameven before i touched the inlet the catch can was full Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 what was the water in the catch tank like? clean or milky? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 milky dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Have you lost any water form your rad at all? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Milky defo points towards head gasket just unsure why there is none under the oil filler cap or in your coolent strange one mate hope you get this sorted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 well milky round the edges but the water was yellowy when i tipped it outHave you lost any water form your rad at all?dosent look like it mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Deffo headgasket mate check ya dipstick n have a look at that c if it's slightly milky colourd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I'd go with HG, drain the oil and see what its like Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 If you look where you have put your catch can are you sure that when you are washing your car the water isnt dripping off the strut brace into the catch can?..And the reason its yellow is because its getting mixed with the oil emulsification comeing out of the rocker cover? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snails ep91 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 sorry thought it was like after yu put new one one but yer from whats said above sounds like a headgasket dude. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 im sure mikey, watch the vid you can see the water come spirting out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yeah just watch it now im at home!.. it dont look good deffo looks like HG has gone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200bhp starlet Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I would say hg too mate least you can do that yourself buddy still a pain tho one good thing least you noticed it at your house Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 thing is when i bought the car it had a brand new 1.2 mm head gasket fitted about a month before i bought it, it cant have gone that quickly ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 depends if they had the head skimmed or not and if it was all torqued down properly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200bhp starlet Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Shouldn't of mate but do you know for sure a new one was fitted ? If it was You could just be really unlucky mate ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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