andyathome
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Hi,
I've got a 53 plate 1.2 8v punto with a few issues.
A few weeks ago i had some juddering whilst accellerating, had the AA out, he plugged in his laptop and it came back with Cylinder 3 misfire.
So i thought it'll be HT Leads. Admittedly i didn't get it sorted right away, as had a busy time at work etc etc, and was waiting until I could take a day off to get the HT leads.
After a long drive (~180miles) i was in traffic around town and noticed stream coming from the bonnet and the temp gauge just off the red. So i immediately left the traffic and drove for a mile (gauge went back to normal) and left it for an hour to cool down, opened up the coolant resevoir to find it was below min. Added some coolant, back to max.
Drove about 500 more miles and noticed coolant had dropped again from max down to just below min (refilled).
Yesterday on trying to find any possible leak (assumed at this point misfire and coolant were seperate issues) i noticed there appear to be no drips coming from engine when either on or off, however if i rev it (~3k) i get some water spitting out of the exhaust.
The oil looks clean, and the coolant looks to be the correct colour.. Anyone got any ideas, i'm assuming its early signs of impending head gasket failure?! Though there doesnt appear to be any scum on the resevoir cap..
Thanks
Andrew
I've got a 53 plate 1.2 8v punto with a few issues.
A few weeks ago i had some juddering whilst accellerating, had the AA out, he plugged in his laptop and it came back with Cylinder 3 misfire.
So i thought it'll be HT Leads. Admittedly i didn't get it sorted right away, as had a busy time at work etc etc, and was waiting until I could take a day off to get the HT leads.
After a long drive (~180miles) i was in traffic around town and noticed stream coming from the bonnet and the temp gauge just off the red. So i immediately left the traffic and drove for a mile (gauge went back to normal) and left it for an hour to cool down, opened up the coolant resevoir to find it was below min. Added some coolant, back to max.
Drove about 500 more miles and noticed coolant had dropped again from max down to just below min (refilled).
Yesterday on trying to find any possible leak (assumed at this point misfire and coolant were seperate issues) i noticed there appear to be no drips coming from engine when either on or off, however if i rev it (~3k) i get some water spitting out of the exhaust.
The oil looks clean, and the coolant looks to be the correct colour.. Anyone got any ideas, i'm assuming its early signs of impending head gasket failure?! Though there doesnt appear to be any scum on the resevoir cap..
Thanks
Andrew