water in exhaust vapour... too late or any repair help?

[bighairymuppet 0]

water in exhaust vapour... too late or any repair help?

 

could be gasket who knows?

no water in oil, no oil in water runs perfectly fine apart from that???

Any ideas / repairs / ways of diagnosis without rebuilding head?

 

only thing ive noticed is that sometimes has issue starting needs little pump of gas???

if its not from actual engine itself do you think water could be sitting in exhaust from somewhere??

ideas? theories? anything anyone?

[vr6storm 0]

what engine firstly...............and you sure its not just condensation?

[bighairymuppet 0]

1.8 16v .

Pretty sure its not condensation.

little puddle forms whilst idling only bout a teaspoon or so though

 

.. sorry im aparanoid ... had gasket blow on me before

[Jim 2]

Have you tried taking it for a bit of a drive and then pulling up and letting it idle for a few minutes and seeing if the little puddle appears?

[bighairymuppet 0]

ahem.... emm will do but back brakes are currently a no no so not driving it for another week.

noticed it slightly before this though hence question.

[vr6storm 0]

1.8 16v .

Pretty sure its not condensation.

little puddle forms whilst idling only bout a teaspoon or so though

 

.. sorry im aparanoid ... had gasket blow on me before

 

 

tbh it sounds more like condensation than anything serious......especially if its only a teaspoons worth..........i take it it mainly does it after starting-up initially?

[bighairymuppet 0]

it seems to be worse when startring but its still there after about 5mins idling . Put it this way i HOPE its condensation will have to wait till i can take it on a good run i supose. suppose i should watch water loss more closely, how much water loss if any is normal on these old valvers?

[vr6storm 0]

it seems to be worse when startring but its still there after about 5mins idling . Put it this way i HOPE its condensation will have to wait till i can take it on a good run i supose. suppose i should watch water loss more closely, how much water loss if any is normal on these old valvers?

 

condensation then............tbh you shouldn't lose ANY water as it should be a sealed system

[bighairymuppet 0]

not even a drop... ho hum better keep an eye out then i suppose. If any water loss hsows is it worth trying radweld?

[RadoAds 0]

Defo sounds like condensation especially if youve not taken it on a long run it builds up in the exhaust until it gets hot enough to evaporate, hope so anyway for your sake :wink:

[bighairymuppet 0]

RadoAds, thanks dude , fingers , toes everything cross , hell if it was long enough id tie a not in that too... lol

[vr6storm 0]

IIRC Radweld is just for leaking radiators :?

[bighairymuppet 0]

I know but was hoping if any water loss its not gasket and is somewhere else.... A guy can hope can't he. ( won't know till i keep a close eye on it once its back on the road anyway).

[bigpants baby 0]

They say this stuff is good for head gasket carputt?

http://www.kalimex.co.uk/section.html?s ... 03.&pgid=2

[ben16v 0]

do a search on here for radweld, i vaguelly remember someone saying is it not good for our cars

 

whats your milage?

 

i always have some white smoke outta my exhausts, but dont lose coolant so figure its just steam

 

also what tailpipe you got? upswept could possibly collect a bit of water in it and therefore produce steam as it heats up?

 

just a guess.....

[vr6storm 0]

They say this stuff is good for head gasket carputt?

http://www.kalimex.co.uk/section.html?s ... 03.&pgid=2

 

 

tbh i'd treat its claims with a fair pinch of salt............

[bighairymuppet 0]

Ahem 150,000 had head rebuld adn actual head has only 50,000 miles on it, go figure ...... trying to make it last as long as i can as i may do full teardown at some point or engine swap.

[ben16v 0]

Im on 142k just had head rebuilt before xmas, so i dunno???

 

if its running ok then just keep an eye on it :?