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ok my ute has 170 000 km's and is starting to become rough at idle which i was attributing to my driving style. but after checking fluids i believe that i may have done a head gasket. there is a brown slightly milky sludge in the waster and it is drinking a small amount of water. but there isnt any water in the oil.
if any one could shed some light on this it would be much appreciated. david. |
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| milo 302 |
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the rough idle may be caused by coolant leaking into the combustion chamber, definitely sounds like the head gasket is gone and maybe the head(get it checked for cracks)
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thats what i was thinking but i was under the impression that there would be water in the oil as well as oil in the water.
i will go and take it off in the next couple of days. |
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| Krytox |
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As above, rough idle caused by that.
Also if it is cactus, coolant usually bleeds out the between the head and block near pistons 5&6. It then evaporates from the exhaust and is slightly harder to track. Look for evident marks on the block and around the welsh plugs. If it is gone, don't be a a*** and buy a monotorque VRS kit, buy a Genuine AU gasket and fix it properly, use a cheapo composite gasket and you'll do it again in a few years if lucky.
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| milo 302 |
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big dell wrote: thats what i was thinking but i was under the impression that there would be water in the oil as well as oil in the water. i will go and take it off in the next couple of days. Not always, it depends on where the gasket/head lets go as to whether it goes water in oil, oil in water or both or neither, just coolant in the combustion chamber. Last time i did the head on a 4.0 it only had coolant leaking into the chamber from a crack, no oil or coolant or vice versa was mixing it just ran rough until i went to start it one morning and the chamber was full of coolant 
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thanks mate i think i will drive the f**k till it explodes. and while doing this rebuild an au motor then when it dies or the motor is finished i will put it in.
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| milo 302 |
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get some chemiweld to fix it temporarily
 if you dont plan to keep the motor.Ive heard of chemiweld sometimes keeping a motor alive for a while longer 
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| big dell |
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sounds like a good idea (IF YOU COULD NOT TELL THAT WAS SARCASM)
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| milo 302 |
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Well then dude good luck with your sarcasm, pity that sarcasm wont fix headgaskets ay
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| milo 302 |
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big dell wrote: sounds like a good idea (IF YOU COULD NOT TELL THAT WAS SARCASM) No worries mate your a d***head, dont mind helping you out though. |
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sorry brother i didn't mean to be a d**k i was just making sure the point got across as it is hard with not being able to talk to the other person.
and i would not use chemiweld as it is for broken heads not gaskets and does not work as well in that situation. and its been a long day so i didn't mean to be a C**k head. |
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Age: 41 Posts: 638 Joined: 6th Nov 2004 Ride: 1994 Ford EF Fairmont Ghia Sedan Location: Melbourne |
ouch touchie touchie ppls
 Anyways, i personally do not like chemiweld and would not use it in any of my cars. It has a problem, fix it  The last quote that i got was like $110 to machine, pressure test the head. $90 for gasket kit, $40 for head bolts. Yes these were trade but we only got like 20% off and that was not the headwork either. That is a normal price. Alot of the cost of the headgasket with going to a mech is the labour involved in it. Goodluck
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thanks mate but i think i will use this as a chance to rebuild an au motor as i can get one cheep with good kms
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I don't think either party was insulting each other.
"Milo 302" was just saying just throw some chem-i-weld in it to keep it going for now, as your building a new motor anyways. Its virtually impossible to discyphor typing sarcasm. and as above, I would only use chem-i-weld if i had too, not on a motor i was keeping.
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big dell wrote: sorry brother i didn't mean to be a d**k i was just making sure the point got across as it is hard with not being able to talk to the other person. and i would not use chemiweld as it is for broken heads not gaskets and does not work as well in that situation. and its been a long day so i didn't mean to be a C**k head. have you pulled out the spark plugs to see if there has been coolant in the combustion chamber? |
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