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Hi guys,
Just driving home from work today, and noticed a slight hesitation when accelerating, with a slight judder. I pulled in at home and noticed that the exhaust gases were whiter than I would expect for a warm engine. When I opened the radiator filler cap, there was a lot of pressure and steam/smoke. Also, the level has dropped about 2 inches since last week.
Having experienced this before, I am 99% sure this is a head gasket problem (or even a cracked head), but is there anything else that would cause these symptoms?
If it is the HG, then that's not the end of the world, pretty cheap to sort on the old 8 valves. In fact, it's coming up for cambelt time anyway.
Just driving home from work today, and noticed a slight hesitation when accelerating, with a slight judder. I pulled in at home and noticed that the exhaust gases were whiter than I would expect for a warm engine. When I opened the radiator filler cap, there was a lot of pressure and steam/smoke. Also, the level has dropped about 2 inches since last week.
Having experienced this before, I am 99% sure this is a head gasket problem (or even a cracked head), but is there anything else that would cause these symptoms?
If it is the HG, then that's not the end of the world, pretty cheap to sort on the old 8 valves. In fact, it's coming up for cambelt time anyway.