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help-blew a gasket

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  • 21-10-2009 10:39am
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    heavyballs
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    my 98 megane 1.6 blew the head gasket over the w-end.
    Car has been outside the house since,with no car and no cash at the moment to buy another car i'm screwed,
    If i keep the oil topped up and do little runs(kid to school etc)no more than a mile or two how long will i get out of it b4 it packs it in.
    Thanks
    Went for a small spin today,keep the revs down at 1500 and only got a small bit of smoke but it was a bit jumpy.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,692 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Unfortunately it'll bite you soon enough.


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    heavyballs
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    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Unfortunately it'll bite you soon enough.

    i know it's a bit of a guessing game but would you say days or weeks


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    Seth Brundle
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    to be on the safe side, I'd go with seconds or if you are lucky, minutes!


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    Saab Ed
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    If you drive it you'll bust the engine for sure. For a short term rescue try dumping some Rad seal ( 2 bottles atleast ) into the coolant bottle, it might or might not work for a little while.


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    heavyballs
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    Saab Ed wrote: »
    If you drive it you'll bust the engine for sure. For a short term rescue try dumping some Rad seal ( 2 bottles atleast ) into the coolant bottle, it might or might not work for a little while.

    thanks for the help


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    Anan1
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    It really depends on the gasket. Is the plan to do it at some stage or just to run the car into the ground? Is it mixing coolant into the oil, or is it just coming out the exhaust as steam?


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    heavyballs
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    Anan1 wrote: »
    It really depends on the gasket. Is the plan to do it at some stage or just to run the car into the ground? Is it mixing coolant into the oil, or is it just coming out the exhaust as steam?

    doesn't seem to be mixing,oil seems normal ,
    i plan to run it in to ground untill i get the cash for new motor together in 2 weeks,
    just got to love the credit union,bank told me to head on and i work in a bank


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    Anan1
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    How do you know that the head gasket's gone? Give us as much detail as possible, what fluids are disappearing, any external leaks, how the car's running, colour of smoke, etc etc.


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    heavyballs
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    Anan1 wrote: »
    How do you know that the head gasket's gone? Give us as much detail as possible, what fluids are disappearing, any external leaks, how the car's running, colour of smoke, etc etc.

    well it overheated as i was driving last Friday,i had ran out of coolant,had to drive about 8 miles to garage.
    There seems to be white or light smoke coming out of the exhaust when i put the foot down at all.
    It's eating oil like mad even tough i've only driven a couple of miles since.
    After turning off the engine it's dripping a bit of petrol also


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,267 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    dripping petrol? :eek:
    Don't drive it at all then!


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    Anan1
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    Did you drive the 8 miles without coolant? Is it still going through coolant too, or just oil? The dripping petrol bit sounds very worrying - are you sure it's petrol? Where's it coming from?


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    peasant
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    all in all, it doesn't sound like the kind of transportation I'd use for my children


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    heavyballs
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    the dripping petrol is a seperate issue,
    the seal is slighltly loose on the fuel line/tube,i'll sort that myself this avo.
    It doesn't seem to be loseing much coolant just oil


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    craichoe
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    heavyballs wrote: »
    the dripping petrol is a seperate issue,
    the seal is slighltly loose on the fuel line/tube,i'll sort that myself this avo.
    It doesn't seem to be loseing much coolant just oil

    Leaking fuel line is dangerous, you dont want a fire ffs.


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    heavyballs
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    craichoe wrote: »
    Leaking fuel line is dangerous, you dont want a fire ffs.

    did you not read above,i have now fixed that,it has probably been like for a while,i only checked due to this other problem i had


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    galwaytt
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    heavyballs wrote: »
    ...,i had ran out of coolant,had to drive about 8 miles to garage.

    Wow. 8 miles ! That must be a record of some sort to keep going that long without coolant.............air-cooled Megane, anyone.........??

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