Hi guys
It's been a while since I've read the forum (I've been in Europe for a few weeks) and my EA has been in cobwebs for a while but I gotta do something now that I'm home..
I've got water in the oil and it uses coolant, cooling system also pressurises too much (my theory is from exhaust gases in the coolant) - so from that I've decided that its probably a head gasket.. It's also hard to start, etc.. All the signs point to it..
Anyway while I was away my gf's father and brother-in-law (new school and old holden people) offered to have a look.. I said go for it seeing as I didn't care and wouldn't be around. They tried telling me that it looks as if someone has poured water down the dipstick - which i said was almost impossible unless someone got a hose under my car and was a bit of a contorsionist - all of which would be very hard to do as the car is parked on a busy street outside my house. Then they thought that maybe a heater/water pipe has broken somewhere and water has entered the oil that way.. Doesn't seem likely to me but I am not sure about it.. They ran a compression test and said compression was fine - although I seriously doubt it if they know what compression it should be..
What I want to know is -
Is there any way for water to enter the oil apart from through a cracked head or gasket (water port, etc..)??
I still think I am right.. And they haven't taken the head off yet.. Although they did take off the heat shield from the exhaust manifold and let me start the car up without telling me that they haven't replaced all the manifold bolts.. I wasn't happy about that...
Thanks all..
Dan..
It's been a while since I've read the forum (I've been in Europe for a few weeks) and my EA has been in cobwebs for a while but I gotta do something now that I'm home..
I've got water in the oil and it uses coolant, cooling system also pressurises too much (my theory is from exhaust gases in the coolant) - so from that I've decided that its probably a head gasket.. It's also hard to start, etc.. All the signs point to it..
Anyway while I was away my gf's father and brother-in-law (new school and old holden people) offered to have a look.. I said go for it seeing as I didn't care and wouldn't be around. They tried telling me that it looks as if someone has poured water down the dipstick - which i said was almost impossible unless someone got a hose under my car and was a bit of a contorsionist - all of which would be very hard to do as the car is parked on a busy street outside my house. Then they thought that maybe a heater/water pipe has broken somewhere and water has entered the oil that way.. Doesn't seem likely to me but I am not sure about it.. They ran a compression test and said compression was fine - although I seriously doubt it if they know what compression it should be..
What I want to know is -
Is there any way for water to enter the oil apart from through a cracked head or gasket (water port, etc..)??
I still think I am right.. And they haven't taken the head off yet.. Although they did take off the heat shield from the exhaust manifold and let me start the car up without telling me that they haven't replaced all the manifold bolts.. I wasn't happy about that...
Thanks all..
Dan..