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femster87 - 24/4/10 at 07:27 PM

noticed flooded footwell in passenger side this morning, its not been raining so checked expansion tank, empty with mayolike oil and water mix.
I was thinking heater matrix might be gone, and maybe head gasket,
any suggestions on what to check?
cheers


lotusmadandy - 24/4/10 at 07:31 PM

Mayo in the header tank would suggest a blown head gasket to me.
Thats the only way water and oil could mix,unless someone has poured water into the oil filler,or vise versa.

Andy

[Edited on 24/4/10 by lotusmadandy]


daviep - 24/4/10 at 07:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lotusmadandy
Mayo in the header tank would suggest a blown head gasket to me.
Thats the only way water could get into the oil,unless someone has poured water into the oil filler.

Andy


If you have an oil cooler, the kind which sandwich behind the filter then this could leak oil in to coolant.

Davie


lotusmadandy - 24/4/10 at 07:35 PM

Didnt consider that Davie

Andy


daviep - 24/4/10 at 07:44 PM

TBH head gasket sounds more likely, leaking cooler wouldn't explain why the bottle is empty (unless it burst)

Davie


femster87 - 24/4/10 at 08:37 PM

thanks for the help