Basically it has a crack in the head gasket and has done for a while, In an eight mile journey I lose nearly an inch of water in the resevoir, any idea where exactly it goes?
This means that all the 'oil' on the dipstick is now the white gunk. Also when I take the oil cap off the valve cover I can see loads of the white gunk (what's the real name?) inside. Also strangly enough the air filter is full of the stuff, I'll post a picture later or tomorrow.
It has been running like this for a while, will it just go pop soon and break down completely?
My main question is what to do? A mate and I were going to do the head gasket change with our friend mr haynes, knowing we'd have to change a number of things like the oil filter etc at the same time, but is it worth it with all the white gunk in the engine. Would a garage charge too much to do this?
Shall I just keep driving it until it breaks?
Is it possible just to buy a new engine and fit it in?? How much would this cost?
Could I strip down the car and sell parts on eBay? Or shall I just sell it to the local scrapyard, I think he pays out £50 for a car.
I really like the car, it is my first after all, brakes were changed last december and seem to be working better than ever (my dad has had it for the past 7/8 years before I took it). It only has 74k on the clock and most things seem to be going ok.
Opinions please
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