Important! : Oil In Water Reservoir??

1. djdebbied Newbie Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4

   #1 25th March 2010, 10:17

   Hi there, I have just bought a 1999 Citroen Saxo 1.1.
   It is running fine but when I went to check the water level I noticed there was some yellow/brown ish oil in it - any ideas where this could have come from??!!
   Thanks
2. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #2 25th March 2010, 10:19

   sounds like you've blown your headgasket and the coolant is mixing with the oil, very common symptom a dirty, mucky sort of sludge.. do you have any 'mayo' under your oil filler?
   
   Also it isn't water level its coolant. (antifreeze) if you use just water in there when it gets below freezing point it will just freeze and could ruin your engine..
3. djdebbied Newbie Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4

   #3 25th March 2010, 10:21

   No there is no mayo under the oil filter
4. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #4 25th March 2010, 10:30

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by djdebbied No there is no mayo under the oil filter

   hmm, id definitely still suggest headgasket failure pal, Get a compression test done at a garage? Is there anything else wrong with the car? I.e Coolant/oil loss, overheating, erratic idling, poor performance, white smoke?
5. djdebbied Newbie Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4

   #5 25th March 2010, 10:33

   No there dont seem to be any other problems with it....thats why i was a bit confused!
6. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #6 25th March 2010, 10:36

   hmm, very strange then. just depends where the gasket has blown. Could you get a picture? Usually pretty easy to spot
7. djdebbied Newbie Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4

   #7 25th March 2010, 10:51

   A picture of what? The whole engine or where the oil is in the water? Sorry im not great with cars lol
8. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #8 25th March 2010, 10:58

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by djdebbied A picture of what? The whole engine or where the oil is in the water? Sorry im not great with cars lol

   just what in the coolant yep
9. rbay1983 Newbie Joined: Oct 2008 birmingham Posts: 17 1.4i sx Saxo '97 149,000 still going!

   #9 25th March 2010, 14:52

   hi, my saxo has had oil (brown) in water for over 10,000 miles its not HG we think its due to a previous blown HG and some oil still remains in system or a previous owner put oil in the water unintentionally!!
10. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

    #10 26th March 2010, 10:19

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by rbay1983 hi, my saxo has had oil (brown) in water for over 10,000 miles its not HG we think its due to a previous blown HG and some oil still remains in system or a previous owner put oil in the water unintentionally!!

    shouldn't be any oil remaining in the coolant as you should always flush the coolant after doing HG mate