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General => The garage => Topic started by: MoshiMoshi on 21 January 2013, 23:46

Title: Head Gasket :(
Post by: MoshiMoshi on 21 January 2013, 23:46

Edit: The car is a mk4 golf 1.8t AUM

Hi all, after a recent coolant change/top up my car has been emitting a slight burning/hot/candle smell. Today the smell got increasingly worse as I was idling outside my house and I opened the bonnet to see what could have been a light mist of steam. Further to this my oil filler cap has a light coating of moyo on it. Now I guess the head gasket has gone/is going? This may be due to a slight overfill of coolant which I aim to correct tomorrow.

Do you all reckon its the head gasket? If so how much can I expect to pay in repairs? I might have caught it early as the engine still runs perfectly.

If anybody wants to earn a bit of money and lives near Bath let me know. I can't afford to have a garage do it (I'm only a shift manager in Pizza Hut)


Thanks!

Title: Re: Head Gasket :(
Post by: MoshiMoshi on 22 January 2013, 02:30

Some further research has revealed a possible problem with the heater core?

Title: Re: Head Gasket :(
Post by: MPJ88 on 24 January 2013, 11:44

coolant will go a browny colour if head gasket is gone.  Mayo stuff could be there if you do a lot of short journeys