damn car :(

coollg · Post by **coollg** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:33 am

your not having much luck are you mate

coollg · Post by **coollg** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:40 am

if ya sell urs u gonna get a corsa again :S

fvaldivia · Post by **fvaldivia** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:14 am

that orange/brown, color and sludge on the bottom of the bottle is sign of the head gasket wearing out?.....damn

VKleita · Post by **VKleita** » Thu May 19, 2005 9:52 am

Yep mines gone also, When they get to this age things just wear out

Let me know if you have anything in flame red to sell m8, happy to at least help you get some money back!

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:22 am

a flim of orange/brown at the very bottom of the bottle is normal. If the h/g fails, it looks like the whole lots is pale gravy colour.

Gargae will chage abou Â£400 all in to do a h/g,
the actual break down of costs would normally be

Â£40h/g set
Â£25 skim
Â£15coolant
Â£20oil+filter

rest is labour. So if you were prepared ot get the haynes manual out and have a go you have the potential to save lots.

good luck.

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu May 19, 2005 2:29 pm

didnt cost me Â£400 i got a guy to come round and do it, think it was Â£200, maybe a bit more

and he sent the head off to be skimmed down.

tom87 · Post by **tom87** » Thu May 19, 2005 2:46 pm

deffo sell it and cant something newer friend, u aren\'t having much look with it, so problems are probably gonna get worse. ive not had any problems with my corsa since early last year.

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu May 19, 2005 2:52 pm

look in the top of the oil cap simon, if theres \'milk\' in there the h/g is on its way out (the oil and water have mixed). doesnt sound like its blown to me? there is always brown poo/ sediment in the coolant system, im thinking that uve just put a new rad on it as well, if u didnt flush it threw, you probs got all sorts of dirt in it.

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:19 pm

that dont look to bad on the cap, u do sometimes get a bit on the cap if the cars been left for a while, or if u go on a short drive then look,
i had a similar thing before and it turned out to be a hole in the oil filter, was leaking oil and letting condensation in.
i dunno, cant really tell from photo, have you had to top the water up at all, or the oil? thats a sure sign. check the dip stick for milk, and you\'ll lose performance.
u can buy test paper to check the water and see if it has oil in it, but they are not 100%
flush the water threw, and keep an eye on it mate

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:48 pm

past the max notch? take it that it wasnt lumpy and thick like sludge on the dipstick then?
sounds like it was just because you were on a hill, u could clean bottle out, try and flush the system threw tho if u get the chance. you\'ll find everyones water is brown

lozzy_corsa · Post by **lozzy_corsa** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:17 pm

mate your head gasket has well and truly gone