Water in the oil.oil in the water.......

[mgree10]

morning Gents,

me little 5 was showing signs of head gasket failure.However when stripping her down gasket seems ok?could this have been caused by leaking liner seals?....mark

[markey mark (bd)]

Either liner seals, cracked head or oil cooler in rad is leaking into water system.
I would say its one of the latter if your getting oil in the water.

[mgree10]

thanks......also noted car had a ktec gasket on that showed no signs of compression and only one head bolt needed to be cracked,rest seemed to come away fairly easy?...cud it have been fitted poorly?.....mark

[markey mark (bd)]

Now that doesn't sound good at all, it may well have bee fitted poorly.

Its worth just checking everything before fitting it all back together just to make sure

[andybond]

I had same symtomps with a crack in the oilway in the head.

Higher pressure in expansion tank
Mayo/Icecream in the expansion tank
No mix in the rocker cover.

Gasket was intact and looked fine.

[mgree10]

thanks gents....best thing todo as youve said,check everything before i replace it,fit it all correctly,will keep yas updated,fingers crossed....mark