16v headgasket

[beechymonza]

just got oil cooler from scrappy, once i fitted it whats the best way 2 get all mucjy creamy water out system, can i use household detergent like washin tablets

[Wayne]

All you can do is flush through with plain water, I would not fit a s/h one myself but the choic is yours.

[beechymonza]

so far so good, put oil cooler on and seems the water is not milkin up now, but water still gettin very hot, so gonna lamp a new thermostat on, an hopefully i will be able 2 go 2 the golf show on sat up nottingham

[danny_p]

worth checking your stat before you fit it.   had my coolant system apart yesterday and the stat decided that it wouldn't work.    ended up haveing to take the pas pump off again and change it,   am in a propper pissy with car over that

[DarnPB]

If it was your head gasket, then a compression test would not necesarily indicate anything. It depends on where the failure is. If it's between an oil gallery and the water jacket, then your compressions will not be affected. If the failure is between the water jacket or oil gallery and a combustion chamber, then you will get a low compression on the affected cylinder. If the failure is between two cylinders, then you will have low compressions on both affected cylinders.

[beechymonza]

i think its sorted now, not over heatin or nothin an flushed it as well as i could 2 get oil out water system, i was gonna start thinkin about gettin head gasket done before my mate said it might be oil cooler, onliy changed oil cooler 2 years ago aswell, bloody pattern part from euro parts

[rubjonny]

half a cup of bio washin powder in the header tank will clean the oil out. i drain the system flush it with a hosepipe then fill with plain water + bio powder, run it till the stat opens then allow it to cool. drain and flush again, repeat till all the oil is gone. refill with antifreeze/water mix and away ya go.