you look at the oil dipstick and notice a milky substance in the oil, what is most likely wrong with the car?Would the car be worth fixing? BTW, its a 85 Honda Accord
2007-08-12 12:11:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You blew the head gasket. The milky substance is a mixture of oil and coolant, normally kept separate by the now-useless head gasket. You've also lost engine compression and therefore power. The white smoke is due to burning coolant. A head-gasket failure is very expensive to repair, it can easily go upwards of $1200. Probably not worth it.
2007-08-12 12:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by armadnigeneral 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesnt sound good at all. Sounds like the engine is on its last leg.
Considering the make-model and year of the car in my opinion its really not worth replacing or rebuilding the engine. But thats up to you. How is the body on the car, and the interior?
What i would do is go out and get another car, and just keep the Honda around. You probably can still use the Honda a "Get around town" or emergency back-up car - to run to the grocery store and such. But pretty soon the engines gonna lock up. Just take it easy with the car for now, no long trips or serious highway driving.
2007-08-12 12:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old enough sounds like water in the oil. New Honda Accords are mid size cars now. And the civic is larger than your accord and much safer.
2007-08-12 12:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blown head gasket,fixing depends on condition of car and how well u like the car and want to keep it or not,if u know how to replace the head gasket and the head is not cracked it wont cost much to repair have replaced a many of them,do it ur self bout 50 bucks for gasket set
2007-08-12 12:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by mike.y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the classic symptom of a leaking head gasket. It wont be worth fixing unless you know someone who will repair it and not charge alot for labor. You might think about donating the car to charity also.
2007-08-12 12:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Ron B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blown head gasket. no it's not worth fixing.
2007-08-12 12:14:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
head gasket. cost to fix depending whereyou live. anywhere from $200-$500 fix it.
2007-08-12 12:18:35 · answer #7 · answered by ball 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Replace the engine, or the car.
Your choice.
2007-08-12 12:17:37 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your head gasket is toast.
2007-08-12 12:14:31 · answer #9 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
water has entered the oil system and your engine is blown.
2007-08-12 12:13:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋