Dad-gummit! I did it again. Below is the post I
*intended* for the list, but forgot about the silly
default settings peculiar to this list.
Ben
> John,
>
> STOP! Being a mechanic, you should know better
> than
> to pull the head just to diagnose a BHG! Since its
> winter time now, I get lots of oil emulsion on the
> underside of oil filler caps this time of year. The
> emulsified oil on your filler cap could be from the
> same thing (crankcase condensation). Especially if
> you don't have any other symptoms of HG failure or
> cracked head/block. If it runs as it always did,
> isn't overheating, has no oil in the coolant,
> coolant
> doesn't smell of oil or fuel, oil doesn't smell of
> coolant, compression tests alright, no white smoke,
> and the cooling system passes a pressure test, I
> would
> simply chalk it up to crankcase condensation due to
> the weather. I would check on it frequently though,
> especially since you will need to very closely watch
> the oil level now, since it obviously has a tendency
> to drop without warning. Being a mechanic, I'm sure
> you don't have time to work on your own stuff (I
> don't), and a few simple checks could save you a
> helluva lot of time (and $$$).
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Regards,
> Ben Pender
>
>
> --- Silly Dilly <sillydilly@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
OnOn
> > O font of all wisdom...
> >
> > Had a worrying time this morning with our 93 (K)
> 405
> > 1.6 carbie...
> >
> > The missus complained that it was sounding ill
> when
> > she started it
> > first thing this morning.
> >
> > I came out and it was making a horrid rattle. Of
> > course me being a
> > mechanic went straight for the oil level. As I
> > suspected it had none
> > in. Went to top it up and was horrified to find
> the
> > filler cap was
> > jammed solid with emulsified oil. Odd thinks I...
> > (OK I had a
> > purple fit and used some choice langauage) looks
> > like its got a BHG
> > (blown head gasket). Can't have surely... its only
> > done 50K miles. No
> > white smoke and the car runs and drive just as it
> > ever did.
> >
> > I check the water and that is fine. Does not smell
> > of petrol and the
> > level is not going down when you start the engine.
>
> >
> > I cleaned all the emulsified oil out (I had to so
> I
> > could top up the
> > Oil :-( ) and soaked the wire wool gauze until the
> > worst of the oil and
> > crud that was in it had dissolved away.
> >
> > I took it into work as it ran and went as it
> > normally does. No sign of
> > any more emulsified oil and water level is still
> > good.
> >
> > Guess the only way to know for sure is to rip the
> > head off and
> > replace the gasket :-( I was going to do the cam
> > belt anyway as its
> > started rubbing on the cover suggesting its
> getting
> > a bit worn.
> >
> > Ho hum... I'll let you all know what my findings
> > are. Did not realise
> > these engines suffered from BFG problems. Is it
> > normal for them to go
> > at about 50K? Is there some well documented fault
> > (and cure :-) )?
> >
> > --
> > John Willby West Midlands GLASS rep
> > ICQ: 92791912 MSN: sillydilly@spamcop.net
> > Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli
> > proscripti
> > catapultas habebunt
> > 19:31:21 up 17 days, 23:49, 1 user, load
> average:
> > 0.28, 0.17, 0.15
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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