Hi All looking for abit of advice.
Got a clio 1.2 16v D4F engine and am worried about the head gasket
A few weeks ago we had -9 temperatures in our area on my way to about 10 mins of driving the temp gauge rose to halfway as normal then 5 mins later shot up to 2 bars below the top along with the coolant light flashing on dash flashing stop. So I can only assume the water bottle froze so no water was getting round. So I whipped the heaters on full and it dropped back down to the middle and thought nothing of it.
Ever since the ive noticed a small about of oil in the header tank and sometimes its a little smoky when warm, no issuses with the temp gauge now and the engine runs fine.
So could I have done any damage by it overheating? Its not losing water at all.
Cars on 101000 miles
Cheers
Scott
Got a clio 1.2 16v D4F engine and am worried about the head gasket
A few weeks ago we had -9 temperatures in our area on my way to about 10 mins of driving the temp gauge rose to halfway as normal then 5 mins later shot up to 2 bars below the top along with the coolant light flashing on dash flashing stop. So I can only assume the water bottle froze so no water was getting round. So I whipped the heaters on full and it dropped back down to the middle and thought nothing of it.
Ever since the ive noticed a small about of oil in the header tank and sometimes its a little smoky when warm, no issuses with the temp gauge now and the engine runs fine.
So could I have done any damage by it overheating? Its not losing water at all.
Cars on 101000 miles
Cheers
Scott
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