White and black slimey rocker cover

adrian hollister

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• Sep 14, 2009

• #1

Just started to look at the 2.5 N/A engine in my IIA 109 - it run's fine so it just basic maintenance and checking everything that I can easily get at. First stop the water - ohh and there is oil in it. Second stop the rocker cover - nice white and black slime. I'm guessing it's not been serviced for many years, but is it head gasket time or should I just give it a good service, replace the coolant and see what happens?

 

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dr pepper

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• Sep 14, 2009

• #2

Those are signs of the head gasket, how do you know water is in the oil?.
It could be that those signs are remnants of a past gasket failiure, you say the engine runs fine.

 

nathan5346

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• Sep 14, 2009

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whats the oil on the dipstick like? drain a bit out the sump that'll tell ya for certain if theres water in the oil, if it aint run for a while it could be condensation

 

pobby

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• Sep 14, 2009

• #4

change them flush them run it up and do a bloke test with the color change fluid tool and see what happens

it could just be condensation where she not had a good run or badlly maintained for years

 

dr pepper

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• Sep 14, 2009

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Bloke test?.
Please explain pob's, in 20 years of messing with motors I've never heard of that.
Is it a nickname for a hydrocarbon test, for checking combustion gasses in't th'oil.