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Old 11-01-2006, 04:15 PM   #1
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Default Oil in water

Anyone had a problem with oil in the water of a 1.8 litre fuel injected SOHC 1990 laser motor.
I am thinking it is probably the head.
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Old 11-01-2006, 04:39 PM   #2
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most likly ur blowen a head gasket mate
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Old 11-01-2006, 05:48 PM   #3
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most likly ur blowen a head gasket mate

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Old 11-01-2006, 07:43 PM   #4
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Thanks for the reply guys.
Will it be a head gasket or a crack in the head.
It is only a slight amount of oil coating the water bottle so I was wondering about any of the products you can add to the oil to stop the leak.
Has anybody had any experience with them.
As the motor has done a few hundred thousand K's is it worthwhile doing the head and gasket or just getting a secondhand motor
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Old 11-01-2006, 09:33 PM   #5
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Check the compression on each cyl, but by the sound's of it, it could be either the gasket or head, but I'd get it looked at and either way you'll need to rebuild the head.
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Old 11-01-2006, 09:49 PM   #6
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Either way it'd probably be cheaper getting a new replacement from pickapart and just replacing it.
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