Hi there.
Whilst fitting an air filter to my friends Citroen Saxo 1.1 SX (single point injection), I couldn't help but notice a lot of gunky rubbish in the throttle body! It was yellow/white and lots of it.
I also noticed the same stuff in the oil breather pipe - it was completely gunked up with the stuff. So I checked the oil filler cap that that was fine and no sign of any other gunk from looking down the hole there.
Now I forgot to check the dipstick and coolant, but a conversation about it last night and another thread has prompted me to make this one.
He says the heater takes ages to warm up, but doesn't believe it's the head gasket but I think it is.
It also hunts a little bit too.
Could this be a headgasket failure? He said he drove through a Ford the other day but I can't see how water would get into the throttle body and oil breather pipe.
Next time I'll see him I'll check the coolant and temperature, but is there anything else to check?
Ta
Whilst fitting an air filter to my friends Citroen Saxo 1.1 SX (single point injection), I couldn't help but notice a lot of gunky rubbish in the throttle body! It was yellow/white and lots of it.
I also noticed the same stuff in the oil breather pipe - it was completely gunked up with the stuff. So I checked the oil filler cap that that was fine and no sign of any other gunk from looking down the hole there.
Now I forgot to check the dipstick and coolant, but a conversation about it last night and another thread has prompted me to make this one.
He says the heater takes ages to warm up, but doesn't believe it's the head gasket but I think it is.
It also hunts a little bit too.
Could this be a headgasket failure? He said he drove through a Ford the other day but I can't see how water would get into the throttle body and oil breather pipe.
Next time I'll see him I'll check the coolant and temperature, but is there anything else to check?
Ta