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Thats some good points to check. Also when the engine is hot would it be normal for the cololant to drop then re-appear once the engine has cooled? There does not appear to be any bubbles in the expansion tank, and the bleed from the rad does work as water can be seen entering the expansion...

just read on another thread that someone removed their inlet manifold and repalced the rubber seals. Mine did not have any rubber seals, should it have ?

But considering there is steam coming out of the exhaust I think I will find they have been steamed cleaned. Can anyone confirm that apart from number seven that the other cylinder compression test results are OK.

No But saying as the the water disappeared I may pop them out and tomorrow and check again.

Well did a cold compression test on all but one of the cylinders, no 7 the spark plug is crossed threaded. So I did not want to take it out in case I buggered the thread all together. Anyway the results for the rest are:- 1 = 190 2 = 180 3 = 185 4 = 200 5 = 200 6 = 175 7 = n/a 8 = 180...

I had an Alfa 166 it was an amazing car, I was driving along and a message popped up on the info displaying aircon fault please drive to your alfa dealer. I looked at the screen and said F*ck Off, then a green gas started to fill the cab, I tried to wind the front windows down but they did not...

Do you know you posted this thread twice

Nice looking motor simon where abouts in Tyne and Wear are you. ?

I like those wheels and the front of your RR looks very nice. It might be worth checking your airfilter incase it is in need of being changed.

Found the post thanks. While the heads were off I did notice the bit where those water pipes sat on the inlet manifold had been off at some point, as it was gumed up with gasket seal. So if I have to do the heads again (please if there is a god don't make me have to do it again) I will take...

Ok Wammers I will check the plugs. I managed to find the other thread about the inlet pipes so im going to check them as well.

I can't see the post about "pipe in the throttle body"

I haven't but I will thanks

It does not smell sweet but it also does not smell oily, and if you put your hands in the smoke they get damp but not black.

Might have to change the exhaust anyway well at least the cats as I suspect they would not have taken kindly to being soaked in antifreeze. So if the compression test does not show anything untoward (I really really hope it doesn’t) then I will take the exhaust off and use a blow torch to...

So I left the car running for nearly 40mins today and it just kept on blowing white smoke out of the exhaust which got worse if I rev'd the engine. But when it cooled down it had not used any water, and from what I could tell it had not used any oil. There are what look like copper particles in...

Bit of an update I ran the car for about 20mins last night and there was still steam coming out of the exhaust but not as much as the day before, but when I checked the water level this morning it was ok. So i'm going to run it today for a bit longer and see what happens but still test the...

Bob I have sent you a PM.

Would there be water getting into the oil as I dont have that problem.

That would be great as a second opinion would be helpful, I live in Howdon so thats only just up the road.