how to know if the cylinder head gasket is tired or not?
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If the gasket has gone, water can get into the oil, this can be seen on the dip stick or in the oil filler cap. In very bad cases it can pressurize the water system and force the water out of the header tank
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Good thinks of ansewr.
For my case i was let the engine on and in 80 or 85°C and i was open the header tank of water to see if water get out or not to boil so what you think about this plz Malcolm.
Also i herared that if water in the tank is chestnut that's mean that the gasket is tired, that's true ???
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The color of the water does not mean anything, it is often brown looking.
If the gasket was leaking it would blow the water out of the header tank before it got hot
Just look in the oil filler cao and it should not have a white pasty look about it
If the gasket was leaking it would blow the water out of the header tank before it got hot
Just look in the oil filler cao and it should not have a white pasty look about it
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OK I will try again.
If the head gasket only has a small leak, then look inside the oil filler cap/lid, if the oil looks white and creamy looking like milk, then a small leak.
When the leak is very bad, the engine will push the water out of the the small tank where you fill it up from, and It will do this when the engine is not very hot, it looks as though the engine is boiling when it is not
If the head gasket only has a small leak, then look inside the oil filler cap/lid, if the oil looks white and creamy looking like milk, then a small leak.
When the leak is very bad, the engine will push the water out of the the small tank where you fill it up from, and It will do this when the engine is not very hot, it looks as though the engine is boiling when it is not
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Ok i undrestand now.
So i need to check this when the engine is not very hot like in 40°C, no?
But when i accelerate very hardly and quickly i think that i have some white smoke which leaves by the exhaust some seconds and after this nothing.
It's normal or not?
So i need to check this when the engine is not very hot like in 40°C, no?
But when i accelerate very hardly and quickly i think that i have some white smoke which leaves by the exhaust some seconds and after this nothing.
It's normal or not?
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I think that your car is using a little oil, and burning it, if the water level does not go down, then you do not have a problem..
Its quite normal to use a little oil and OK
Its quite normal to use a little oil and OK
