theboffin 0 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Following my gravelly noise thread on my highline, things seem to be getting worse!Overflow tank has grey sludge for water, where oil appears to be mixing in and more worrying a copper particle sludge which resembles coppa slip?!Strange thing is it isn't overheating or running over normal temperature and oil filler cap is completely free of mayonaise?..it did have a bit when I bought the car but a bottle of kseal cured it.Otherwise car runs fine apart from noisy lifters when cold and gravely chain noise!...told it could be mixture of oil cooler problem and head gasket breaking up?Cam anyone help?, getting a bit cheesed off with all these problems!Cheers ... By the way Gti International was a great day! Link to post Share on other sites
theboffin 0 Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 any ideas guys? Link to post Share on other sites
rodney 17 Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 well basically any particles are bad - usually.That said you have just done a load of work on it so there is the chance of this being leftover from that..My immediate suggestion is to flush the water system and see if anything comes back after.I would keep the sludge and let it dry out. Then you can tell if it is metal/plastice etc etc Just for clarity there is no other noises and the water pump is all okay?? Link to post Share on other sites
theboffin 0 Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 no not had any work done yet, and i've flushed out system and its all come back again :-( Link to post Share on other sites
theboffin 0 Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 flushed again and still grey sludge there there geting worried now, help!..oil in engine is as clean as a whistle, just the oil and copper in the expansion tank so its only going one way!do i need to get my head done?...and if its the oil cooler how hard is it to get to/change? Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormt 0 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 sounds like what happened to mine two weeks ago but£1500 later and she is good as new i think it was the oil cooler or head gasket but i done a complete overhaul on the engine.... Link to post Share on other sites
theboffin 0 Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Thanks for the infowhat did you have replaced for that money? Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 sounds like oil cooler to me .... not to bad a job to change its on the front of the engine to the right and up a bit from the oil filter .... Link to post Share on other sites
theboffin 0 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Thanks Tonybut with all the other work it needs and the high milage i'm considering an lower mileage engine swap. Link to post Share on other sites
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