mechanic says the 'sloshing liquid' sound is because my head gasket's "gone" (not pressurised??)
I gather its a £200+ job which I cant afford
I check the water regularly & always carry a bottle of water.
My longest journey is likely to be about 60mile round trip (maybe once every couple of months) otherwise its more like 5 - 15.
whats my worse case scenario if i dont get it done?
2006-11-14 04:26:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Sloshing sound???
You can tell if your head gasket has 'gone' by taking off the oil cap and examining the inside of it. If it has gone it will be a mixture of oil and water and be a slushy light browny type coating it. If it is pure black then it is likely it isn't your head gasket.
When the head gasket blows it nearly always blows water through into the oil. It rarely blows oil into the water unless it has seriously 'gone'.
The water in your radiator system will keep losing water so that is another sign. Check the dipstick. It will have a sludgy lightish brown watery substance coating it rather than nice pure oil....
The result in driving your car like this is that your engine will seize and your car will probably need a replacement engine... It will probably write it off too if it is an older type car...
£200 sounds quite cheap so If I were you I would fork out for it now but get a few quotes first if you can....
Good luck..
Graham
2006-11-14 04:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by the truth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The worst scenario is that it will go suddenly and if you persist in driving it could seize up your engine , after that its a new one there are a couple of temporary repairs on the market they do work if the gasket is not to bad , i cannot recall there names but your local dealer will know one has a copper solution inside the other one i think made by radseal not to be mixed up with there radiator sealer
2006-11-15 01:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worst scenario if you don't get it done is goodbye engine! Contrary to popular belief there is a temporary remedy. There is a fluid supplied through agricultural merchants for use in tractors where the cylinder liner o-rings have gone. This has on occasion proved an effective temporary repair. Eggs and radseal will not work
2006-11-14 04:39:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First, go to a new mechanic. That didn't make sense. Second, don't listen to some halfwit who tells you to add an egg. Replacing a head gasket is minor compared to replacing the engine. The products that claim to seal bad head gaskets are pure snake oil.
2006-11-14 10:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The damage may already have been done. without proper cooling of the head and block will lead to cracking or warping of the head or block. The job of any gasket is to seal minor imperfectons between two surfaces. by warping the block or head by driving the car, the new gasket won`t be able to do its job and blow out again, waisting all of your money in the process
2006-11-14 04:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by stevet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a bad head gasket would give you more signs than just a sloshing liquid sound. Oil leaking? Blue/white smoke out of the tailpipe? Is there oil in the coolant fluid and coolant fluid in the oil?
2006-11-14 04:32:32 · answer #6 · answered by Enrique C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your head gasket is gone it normally pressurises the radiator and blows the water out. If its not doing that and not over heating its ok. Check your oil if its looking creamy white colour then you are loosing water into the oil. If your not loosing water and your car isn't over heating it sounds ok. Are there any other symptoms
2006-11-14 04:37:55 · answer #7 · answered by rocky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry dont think there is a simple solution, head gaskets cant be repaired, the gaskets thmselves are cheap it's the labour involved, the worsed scenario is that water could enter a cylinder, while petrol air mixture is compressable, water is not, you could end up with a engine damaged beyond repair,sorry
2006-11-14 04:36:59 · answer #8 · answered by will ing 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crack a couple of raw eggs into your oil cap, When the oil warms up the egg coagulate and seal the gasket
2006-11-14 04:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by pop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had a blown head gasket, didn't fix it, just didn't let it overheat. only thing that was wrong was the coolant went onto the ground, not into engine. 1,500 miles later, I find myself in a cloud of smoke with the oil on the ground behind me. Blown up engine. hole in oil pan.
2013-11-01 20:06:31 · answer #10 · answered by marcus baumstarck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋