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Offline muppet

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Re: head gasket maybe?
« Reply #10 on: 10 April 2009, 14:03 »
well guys i havent done any kind of test yet but the smoke has stopped for now!

i have been driving it about since i posted first and can see a big difference!

question this time is... should i stil do a compression test anyway? thanks guys

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Re: head gasket maybe?
« Reply #11 on: 10 April 2009, 16:34 »
If the smoke has cleared and you have no other problems then you can leave the compression test

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Re: head gasket maybe?
« Reply #12 on: 10 April 2009, 22:57 »
sweet...... i ran it for a while today round trip from east london to bedford and back and it was all sweet! no problem wat so ever in power, checked the water tank and it was more or less exactly at the same place and the smoke did clear up so im guesing was just junk in the trunk mind the pun! lol

thanks for the help guys

as always appreciated it :D