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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:06 pm

hi guys quick question

if theres oil in the water system and water in the oil system
but no over heating
and cycinder sniffer test ok
head gasket freshly been done

9/10 head cracked
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:13 pm

could be stuff that was left over from the build?
i had that
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:15 pm

i have a good head 885 cast 325i one if you need one, drop me a pm if your interested.

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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:15 pm

i doubt it very much rossle

flushed the oil out twice

and untold amount on the water system
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:16 pm

hmmm not good!!
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:16 pm

thanks m-dtech but i have one from my old engine which was ok

thanks
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:19 pm

its ok mate
took the head of anyway

not even running any boost and done 2 headgaskets :mad:

gonna call the dealers bout the oversized headgasket if not gonna get the mls like urs rossle

iirc rossle did you say u were running 18psi on the stock mls
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:53 am

im running a bar on it, gonna go to about 16 psi, might push for 18, butil have to make sure my tune is spot on!!
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:07 am

hass wrote:hi guys quick question

if theres oil in the water system and water in the oil system
but no over heating
and cycinder sniffer test ok
head gasket freshly been done

9/10 head cracked
could be the residue left in the hoses ect, try giving it a good flush through !
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:24 am

It can take an incredible amount of time to get every trace of oil emulsion out of a cooling system, and, on 6 pots at least, it all eventually migrates to the header tank.