Hi,
Just thought I would post this as am looking for some advice on whether I have possibly killed my car this morning? To provide a bit of background, I set off to work in my 92 8v GTI this morning as usual. After about 10mins I joined a dual carriageway and sped up to cruising speed (70mph honest). After about 2 mins the oil light started to flash on the dashboard. I immediately pulled over and checked the oil levels etc of the car as I had to add some oil the other day. Oil level looked fine but it looked like there was a bit of water in the oil (there was greyish stuff on the inside of the oil filler cap). I therefore decided to limp home as I was not too far from my house and the oil light had stopped flashing. After crawling home at a very low speed and noticing that the the car was sounding very tappety I parked up the car in the driveway. I checked the oil level again and it looked OK although the there was a slight smell of burnt oil and I could still see a bit of greyish colour on the inside of oil filler cap.
Obviously I am no mechanic but with my limited knowledge of cars it looks like I might have blown the head gasket on my car (even though there has been no prior overheating or running problems). Does this sound like a reasonable assumption and if so how much am I looking at to repair it (bearing in mind I do not have the mechanical skills to do it myself)? I had thought it would be about £200 depending on if I need to get the head skimmed or not.
Cheers,
Peter
