Head Gasket???

[jonboy996]

1999 996 C2, brown mayo in coolant tank, steam from engine, temp gauge normal thou.

Head gasket????? Any idea how much to fix?????????

[jonboy996]

Any ideas lads???

[scotia_steve74]

Sounds like it unfortunately. Any white stuff in the oil cap or filler tube?

[jonboy996]

No white stuff......

[nel]

Hopefully it is only a head gasket that has gone - Baz of Hartech has posted about engines with cracked liners that were still running OK. This could give head gasket failure symtoms.

Best of luck.

[jonboy996]

Hope so, the car doesnt overheat just produces steam, it drives fine.

Any idea on cost?

[jonboy996]

I need to get this sorted then, any ideas where I should take it to be looked at? Don't fancy OPC so can anyone recommend a specialist near me, I'm in Essex.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[sportsandclassic]

hello

i would have a look at it for you if in the north west area ?

Knutsford

www.sportsandclassic.com

thanks

mike

[jonboy996]

Anyone a bit closer!!???????????

[james s]

Jaz in Wembley

[stubbsy996]

jonboy996 said:

I need to get this sorted then, any ideas where I should take it to be looked at? Don't fancy OPC so can anyone recommend a specialist near me, I'm in Essex.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Autostrasse at Coggleshall - 01376 562922. Independent just off the A12 between Chelmsford & Colchester.
I haven't taken mine there yet for servicing but they were recommended to me.

[hartech]

It is always hard to second guess a cause with such little information - but drawing on the experiences we have had to date - these symptoms do exactly fit a couple of other cars in which the cause was a cracked cylinder head.

Cracked liners tend to result in coolant in the oil not the other way around.

A crack in the head allows oil under greater pressure (while passing through the galleries to feed the camshaft bearings, tappets, oil pressure sender and cam chain tensioners/varioram system) to pass through the crack and into the engine coolant and squeeze out the coolant from the header tank as steam - leaving a brown sludge in the coolant.

If so it is not too expensive to repair and good used heads are available.

Baz Hartech

[b.johnson]

does that model run a oil to water heat transfer?

Edited by b.johnson on Tuesday 21st November 09:19

[sportsandclassic]

yes an oil cooler located on top of the block...easy to pressure test..