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Title: well sick. cylinder head blow.
Post by: nodster on 30 October 2011, 11:43: got up today and thought i would do a few checks on the golf and give her a wash. so i popped the bonnet to find my cylinder head pissing out water. so it looks like a new cylinder head gasket and a rebuild. :angry:
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Post by: sharki786 on 30 October 2011, 15:04: aint that a b1tch! :angry: feel for you mate, port & polish?? :evil:
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Post by: Ben Lessani on 30 October 2011, 17:05: Eh?

You went to wash the car, and just by chance - the cylinder head happened to blow, when the car was off and stationary?
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Post by: dellenty69 on 31 October 2011, 10:52: Quote from: Ben Lessani on 30 October 2011, 17:05
Eh?

You went to wash the car, and just by chance - the cylinder head happened to blow, when the car was off and stationary?

Read it again :rolleyes:
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Post by: Ben Lessani on 31 October 2011, 12:46: I've re-read it a few times now and I still don't understand :( He went to clean it, opened the bonnet and the cylinder head blew?

** confused **
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Post by: DubFan on 31 October 2011, 12:56: I think this is the bit you missed
Quote from: nodster on 30 October 2011, 11:43
got up today and thought i would do a few checks on the golf and give her a wash. so i popped the bonnet to find my cylinder head pissing out water. so it looks like a new cylinder head gasket and a rebuild. :angry:
Presumably he popped the bonnet, started the engine and then saw water coming out.
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Post by: Ben Lessani on 31 October 2011, 13:00: Oh okay. I don't usually start the car to do "checks" - oil/water etc rely on it being off for a little while.

You sure it wasn't a core plug that popped, versus it being a blown head?
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Post by: DubFan on 31 October 2011, 13:10: No reason you can't start the engine after you've done the oil/water/fluids checks as the last thing.
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Post by: Ben Lessani on 31 October 2011, 13:12: Quote from: DubFan on 31 October 2011, 13:10
No reason you can't start the engine after you've done the oil/water/fluids checks as the last thing.

Not wanting to cause a debate on how to check your car. But surely if you checked the coolant/oil - you'd notice a lower/higher level than normal or cross-contamination from the HG being blown?
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Post by: nodster on 31 October 2011, 17:58: OK lets start again. I popped the bonnet so i could check the oil water and so on. when i checked the water it was a little below the min line. so i had a good look round and found that the there was water leaking from the head gasket. is that plain enough for you pal. :laugh:
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Post by: Ben Lessani on 31 October 2011, 18:01: Makes sense :)

So water was leaking from between the block and head? You said it was pissing out - but there's not that much water held in the head after the engine is off - so I'm just confused as to how the car would still be leaking (significantly) from last night?
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Post by: nodster on 31 October 2011, 18:31: I sine the leak when i started the car after topping it up. as i wanted to know why it was low on water. my mate is middle of stripping it down as we speak.
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Post by: Wayne on 31 October 2011, 21:23: It will be interesting to see if it is the head gasket. :undecided:
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Post by: Bellend on 31 October 2011, 23:12: Have seen a water leak from between the head and block before, headgasket split in a peculiar manner and reason was it had been done before and not properly cleaned up.

As long as it's not a cracked head.
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Post by: nodster on 01 November 2011, 07:59: it sure is the head gasket pal.wot a mess it is. who ever had the car before me have tryed doing it and mace a rite f**k up ov it. so im just going to rebuild the engine from the bottom to the top nwe every thing. taken head to get skimmed today.
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Post by: Len on 01 November 2011, 13:11: Good on ya mate! Do the job properly then you know you have a good engine. :wink:
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Post by: nodster on 02 November 2011, 16:35: cheers for that pal. im going to pick the head up 2mora. im just in the middle of getting every thing i need to rebuild it.