Just got the car back and already trouble.
A) Prob. got a speeding ticket on Princess Highway at 12.30am last week taking the car home (I never drive there so forgot about the camera - the bloody M5 was closed eastbound, but not before you pay the toll, so I had to take a different route)
B) I had continuous problems with oil in my water (ie mayo on the radiator cap) but no water in the oil. This was probably a tiny crack in the block, and was fixed with barleaks type product. Plus the radiator has the tendency to loose water - ie it doesnt seem to leak, and keeps the car very cool when its full, but every time you fill it up, it takes just a few hours of driving to cause the water level to drop below the gills (ie no water can be seen). This rad has been punctured before (screws used were too long) but I had it proffesionaly repaired.
Now I just had to take the engine out and apart again (long story), but not surprisingly perhaps, after it has been reassembled, the oil is sipping into the water again and the water level too cant be maintained, now before I install a heater I wanted to sort it all out. I guess that "barleaks" etc, would fix the oil leak into the water, and its feasible that the absense of water in oil suggests oil is being expelled under pressure and maybe that pressure is expeling the water out of the radiator?
Any ideas? This has been bugging me for ages now and I'd like to fix it. I know that many people (most dunno what the're talking about
) would say 'get rid of the radiator" but I just want to make sure I can clearly pinpoint the problem, before I begin buying stuff to solve it.
