HELP! Think my headgasket could be gone?

[Westicles]

hey guys wondering if you could shed some light on this subject, the other day my car started vilantly jerking when it was in neutral, and im geting white/bluey smoke coming out my exhaust... thing is, my oil is not creamy? nor am i loosing power.

does anyone have any idea what it is wrong?

cheers

(clio 1.4 dynamique)

 

[Westicles]

buuuuuuuump

 

[Rob.]

I would give my input, But you bumped this thread after just 11 minuets So I'll let you wait

 

[Westicles]

:'( it because i cant use it, cause im frightened it gona blow up!

 

[Struggler]

your running on 3 cylinders mate,

sounds like one of your spark plugs isnt firing properly,

1. 3 cylinders will drop the idle, to almost stalling (violent jerking)
2. blue smoke is the unburnt feul caused by it not being combusted,

take a lead to a spark plug out,
(start from left and work right)

start the engine, if it gets worse,
turn the engine off

put it back in and do the same to the next cylinder,

on 1 cylinder it should make no difference,
this will be the one your not firing on,

new spark plug, ht lead, or coil pack could be in order

 

[Westicles]

just an update on my problem, incase its of any help to any of you, went to see the misses dad (hes a machanic) after a little play around with the plugs and coils etc and using diag machine, we found out it was a problem with the first cylinder, done some more test, and found out the injector was pumping too much fuel into the cylinder (the earth wasnt working properly, E.G constantly sending fuel to the cylinder) so found out it was the cable at fault, but on inspecting the cable (to see if it was shorting out on the body anywhere) the engine started working fine again, so put it all back together & going to take it apart properly on weekend, and see if i can find any snags etc.. in the cable

 

[Beef-Mc]

Sounds like you need to replace the coil pack tbh.

 

[Westicles]

but it was to do with the injectors? not the coil pack....

 

[SBV116]

I reckon it will end up being an individual coil! There stick coils are they not? one on each plug?

 

[jonnyshaw89]

i has some things happen to me. just replaced the stick coil and all was fine.

 

[Westicles]

well had coil packed changed, and injector, but the mechanic said i should have a electrcian look at it, because basicly, he would move the wires one way, and it worked fine, moved them another and it would start miss firing again, said it looks like its snaging near the back when it goes over the gearbox, so had a auto electrician look at it, and he said couldnt see any problems, its runing atm, but it still aint right, still when its at idle, it will sometimes just judder every now and again, also feel terible in reverse, feels like i always gota ride the clutch when turning it around in my road...

was gona take a look myself, but the wiring is gonna be a big job

neone had anythink like this go wrong? and if so, how did they sort it?

cheers

 

[Westicles]

Never did update this thread, just to let you all know, in the end it was down to poor wiring, the wire on the first injector was either catching on the engine, or was geting to hot and burnt it, but also my Thermostat was leaking... and it was driping down the wires, all the way to where it was showing bear, in the end me and my bro, cut the wire, joined em bk together, taped em up, n cable tied to wires to the battery box, sealed the leak, and all was sound afterwards..