Re: head toast? (long)

[Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

I'm guessing headgasket.  What's your coolant level like?  What does
the oil look like?  If the oil looks like creamy coffee foam, there's
water in it.  From what you say, a compression check is definitely in
order, and if you blew a headgasket, you may have damaged the head
and/or bottom end by continuing to drive it.  Sorry for the bad
prediction, but that's where I think you're headed...

Ron

--- Paul Maione <paulmaione@videotron.ca> wrote:
> hey everyone.
> 
> i hate this car.
> bigtime.
> alright, so forget about this sputter problem i have, i think
> i got some SERIOUS shit to worry about!! alright, so i lean out
> the car the other day and drive it home, hoping it would calm
> down this sputtering. did nothing.i take off driving to go git grub
> and my buddy behind me calls me on my cell and tells me that my car
> is
> PUKING out white smoke. i was like WTF? so i don't nail it. i drive
> it home and leave it there. bring it to work the next day and notice
> that it doesn't stop blowing white. i richen it again, and it won't
> stop. odd. keep checking to see why it's sputtering and i notice
> that my intake boot was cracked on the side, replace that. doesn't
> do anything. anyways, when i took off the boot i noticed that
> there was a little bit of oil accumulation on the plate for the
> air/fuel distributor. so i cleaned it and didn't think much of it
> because i
> was so
> wacked out with the sputtering. i take it to a buddy's house
> and i notice now that it's blowing blue smoke. now i'm really wacked.
> we play with the fuel, doesn't do anything. i figure when it's blue
> it's
> blue. also my oil level was dropping so i knew it was burning it.
> 
> so we're about to do a Lubro Moly Fuel Purging, when i take off
> the boot and there is a HUGE PUDDLE of oil on the plate. there was
> oil in my idle stabilizer, throttle body, EVERYWHERE. so while we're
> purging, i disconnect the hose that goes into the air box from the
> block breather and it's spewing out oil. yikes. so i park it there
> and
> don't drive it for the rest of the night. i come back and i was going
> to
> bring it to work and leave it there so i can work it. while driving
> it
> there it
> starts making this horrible clackin noise that sounds like it's
> coming
> from the head. i stop it and call to get it towed.
> 
> now it's at work. i took the valve cover off to check and see if i
> could
> see anything. there was nothing obvious. what's the next step? i was
> thinking of
> running a compression test to see if the rings are blown. bent valve?
> headgasket? fuck!! 12,000 kms and it's toast? man, i'm totally
> wacking out.
> 
> thanks for listening to me rant.
> 
> paul
> 87' scirocco16v
> 
> 
> 
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