Head gasket?

[Scottamdaddy]

Hi I’m hoping you guys may have some ideas

Last year 2018 the car overheated suspected water pump failed. This year 2019 I have just spent £440 on a new cambelt and water pump. Apart from a bearing on the auxbelt tensioner the water pump hadn’t failed.

The garage said when they was bleeding the system the first 2 times engine temps hit 98c so they stopped let it cool down and on the third time it done what it should.

I had heating it was great. Last night the car felt odd but nothing to identify anything. Plugged in vcds and took the car for a drive. I had no heating at all and the car once again over heated.

I have mayo on the dipstick and the filler cap. Suspicions was that it was just condensation but now I’m thinking gasket has a split between the coolant and oil jacket.

Thoughts?

 

[QuattroCalum]

I would change the oil cooler, a common failure on these cars.

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[Scottamdaddy]

Would this cause the coolant to stop flow and mix water in the oil ?

 

[QuattroCalum]

If its leaking coolant into the oil then it's losing pressure and won't circulate. Head gasket will give similar symptoms but the oil cooler is a very common failure, easy to change and inexpensive compared to doing the head gasket.


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[Scottamdaddy]

Nice I’ll do that next then thanks buddy appreciate your help

 

[QuattroCalum]

Glad to help, let us know how you get on.
Remove the oil filter, then there's a 24mm nut on the oil feed tube, remove that and the oil cooler will drop down then remove the two coolant hoses, now you can remove the oil cooler.

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