rob wild Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Hi, Can anybody help me. I bought a few months ago a 1995 twin turbo RZ and every weekend I check the oil, water etc. Over the last few weeks occasionally I have been getting small white splodges on my engine oil filer cap inside. Normally I would say that this was a sign of emulsification, i.e. coolant is mixing with the oil(very bad thing). I have been checking the coolant level and it has not gone down any, that I can tell with a visual inspection. Is this a sign that the cylinder head gasket is starting to blow or something is wrong with the oil etc? Can anybody help? is there a sure way of checking if the cylinder head gasket is blown etc? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mac Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 i,de say this is just moisture condensing on the filler cap, they all do it in the winter months especially where short journeys are concerned take it for a good thrash and it will go, your worrying to much, if its using no coolant or oil theres nowt wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mac Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 sorry, wheres my manners, welcome to the wonderfull world of the twin turbo supra, where abouts in Lancs are you ? us northern boys have to stick together ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Welcome. Like Paul said it is probably just condensation. If you are really worried get a Garage to test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob wild Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 Thanks Guys that makes me feel better, i do just use it for short journeys! I live round Preston are there any club meets round here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmax Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Hi there... I would say in my experience. If your head gasket had gone, you would either have lost enough water to tell by now, or you would see water tipping out of the top up bottle overflow. The head gasket went on my wifes old Shogun 3.0 V6 and it had only a very slight leak. But you could always tell in a few days that the water level had gone down. If you get really paranoid about it, take it to a garage and they put a chemcal into the water system which changes colour if there is a leak. Sounds ok to me though... Fingers crossed for ya.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albundy68 Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 check your oil, then check it a week later, if its gone down get woried, if it hasnt its prob nothing, the head started to go on my celica n it was almost doing more miles per gallon of petrol than it was oil!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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