can any shed a bit of light on this

[bazzza]

what it is........... i had salad cream in my oil so i change it an it was white so was the filter so any way my water keep boilin out of the bottle,and i took the dip stick out and water was spittin out, i think this was just the condensation,my car runs all right the water temp is half way, oil 88/90 dont know what to do i also took the cam off an buckets out cleaned the lot and put a new cam belt on,i think the head might have a crack in it or somthin, it a 1.8 8v engine code ev147603 ,,,,,,,,,,

[AlanD]

You had water spitting out of your dip stick !?

Doesnt sound good mate, head gasket sounds like its in all sorts of trouble

[nige_s]

Guess you've got to remove the head at least to replace the gasket, then send it off for crack testing before refitting.

Assume its got the proper amount of anti freeze in it as well?

[sidecarphil]

water out of the dipstick 

my god i have you got a K-series in it 

[bazzza]

when i rev it thats when the water comes out of the bottle might just run it an see what happends as its been sat on my drive just dont wont to break down

[Mk2Kezza]

There may be a hairline fracture in your head thats pressurising the coolant system, this may also allow water into the oil......

You can get the coolant tested for carbon dioxide, that will shed more light.

[bazzza]

do u think it will be all right to run  about in.. am on  on the look out 4 a engine had it with this engine?

[danny_p]

just skim the head and put a new gasket in with new bolts. these heads rarely crack  and if it has you see it between the valve seats

[Ben Lessani]

I'd pressure test the head, the tool is only about £15 from Halfords.

Sounds more like water is getting in through the oil cooler than the head?

[nealey]

I'd pressure test the head, the tool is only about £15 from Halfords.

Sounds more like water is getting in through the oil cooler than the head?

If its spitting water out of the dipstick i wouldnt think that would be oilcooler, its more likely a faulty headgasket overpressuring the cooling system, my mate had it on his and it was spraying coolant out of everywhere!