Just blown my head gasket ! Or have i ?

[Gambit]

whats to say it aint the oil cooler that has simply gone on it?

if it goes, it will let oil into the water but not vice versa as the oil is under higher pressure than the water

[davidhawkins_78]

Well how can I test / tell if that's the case ?

There's no contamination of the oil on the dip stick etc as I said - so it's possible!

[Gambit]

get a compression test done - thats the only guarantee'd way u'll know if its the head gasket or not

if it aint the headgasket then get another oil cooler and put it on

[davidhawkins_78]

Sorry I'm being very slow today ... is the oil cooler the section that the oil filter connects too

[Gambit]

yes. u'll see rubber water pipes leading into & out of it

[davidhawkins_78]

Just gone and checked it out seeing as it's been standing still since this morning and Gambit might be right ...

There's little oil left in the system and it appears to have all been punted in to the coolant system. There no obvious contamination, and I would not have expected the oil level to decrease if the gasket had gone between and oil / coolant gallery.

I'll try and get a compression test done too, but she's still running perfectly on all 4 cylinders, plus if the seal has gone between the oil and cololant should the cylinder compression be ok?

Might be a good time to move this to the garage section mods ??

Are oil coolers something that do 'go' then? I've never heard this mentioned before that's all ..

[Gambit]

yes they eventually 'go', its only a thin piece of metal seperating the water n oil, so doesnt take long to rust thru

just pull the water pipes of the oil cooler and you'll see the amount of sh!te & rust lying in it

[davidhawkins_78]

Well once i've got all the heinz salad cream out of it !

Over the weekend i'll take the cooler off and clean it up checking for damage - hopefully it'll be nice an obvious!

Cheers for your input guys !!

[Fielder5757]

Dont worrie mate, your not the only one. Richgits 300BHP 20VT blew its head gasket last week :-[

after reading about that car in PVW a couple of months ago i was wandering how long untill it went pop?

Yup, it should be ok now, Its having a Twin faned Radiator AND a oil cooler put in. Im gonna have problems when i drop my Rear mounted 20Vt, Cooling thats gonna be a bastard 

[topher]

when i drop my Rear mounted 20Vt, Cooling thats gonna be a bastard

make ya bloody mind up !