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Originally Posted by timmy121
if it's using water head gasket
but if not maybe ok
you can get white stuff in rocker cover from condension
if your not bothered about car to much run it for abit
but keep checking water and oil
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agree with above
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Originally Posted by bodgit
If as you say there was no oil in it ,the head may have warped too. My daughters clio went with no warning cost us £398 for new gasket head skim and cam belt
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nope, lack of oil will NOT warp a head, it will sieze beirings etc, warpped heads are caused by over heating
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Originally Posted by Southwell
This was a whitey brown mix. The car probably does a max of 5-10 miles a day. Not sure about water, i didn't check it.
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if coolant level ok its just condensation build up, which can be normal
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Originally Posted by bodgit
what colour is the exhaust smoke my daughters blew like an F1 car
If they are only doing 5-10 miles a day then they really need a smaller engined car as the 1.6 will barely have time to warm up if they do 2.5 miles to the shop ,stop then 2.5 back
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sorry but a smaller engine makes no differene to warm up time, modern engines have less coolant which aids warm up, engine size is irellivant, deisels take longer to warm up due to design
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Originally Posted by bodgit
If its white like you see on the F1,s then you,ve got water in the cylinders and the gasket has gone. try checking the plugs too Check the water level in the radiator fill up see if its low. If your lucky its only condensation because of such short journies , but the tappets may need seeing too due to lack of oil. If its drivable without clouds of white smoke coming from the back then get it to kwik fit they do a cheap service and can advise you of any other problems,
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Kwickfit, we have a nick name for tham at our dealership..............Krapfit, they send all thier cock ups to us!!
normal F1 blow ups is oil you see burning, hence the flames, have you ever seen water produce a flame?