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topdogkelv

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Has my Head gone
02. Oct 2007 at 20:57

Might have the scare of my life Just went to check the oil on my mv6 and what was there to greet me when i took the oil cap off yes a milky substance,
but im not to sure if the head is gone it might be the oil ive checked the pipes they were nice and soft hot but soft i checked the water bottle that was pressureised no sign off oil in there looked at the dip stick and no signs of water on there so am i right in thinking coz ive used 3 different types of oil its mixed and has left me this milky substance or is it still my head
any ideas ? and if it is gone how much is it going to cost me i got a 1999 face lift model 3.0l MV6 manual

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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: Has my Head gone Reply #1 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:02 Doubt if the heads gone, have you been doing many short journeys lately? Clean the oil cap out, and do a couple of quick oil and filter changes with a decent oil.
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topdogkelv

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Re: Has my Head gone
Reply #2 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:14

yeh kind off just back and forth from work and to the gym about 5 miles tops a day not checked the oil for over a good cupple of months only checked it as im supposed to be going to bridgend 2morro from bristol not sure if i should risk the trip yet think theres 3 different types of oil in there as ive only had the car 7 months put some magnitec in first time then i was out and about in the middle of no where and had to pt some cheep garage stuff in and then went to halford s not so long back but they had no magnitec so put some castrol stuff for cars with high millage do you think this could be the cause

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Has my Head gone Reply #3 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:24 Worry not, its just condensation... Some oils seem to create more of these than others. Vauxhall own seems to be pretty good.
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Re: Has my Head gone
Reply #4 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:43

topdogkelv wrote on 02. Oct 2007 at 21:14:

yeh kind off just back and forth from work and to the gym about 5 miles tops a day not checked the oil for over a good cupple of months only checked it as im supposed to be going to bridgend 2morro from bristol not sure if i should risk the trip yet think theres 3 different types of oil in there as ive only had the car 7 months put some magnitec in first time then i was out and about in the middle of no where and had to pt some cheep garage stuff in and then went to halford s not so long back but they had no magnitec so put some castrol stuff for cars with high millage do you think this could be the cause

Why are you having to put so much oil in would be my question ... ?? It has to be going somewhere..... Sad

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topdogkelv

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Reply #5 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:45

hope so my car has always been smokey form the exhaust first thing in the morning plus i got a full stainless steal exhaust on it so that doesnt help tell me but once its warm theres no sign of smoke sorry to be a pain with all the questions but i dont know a lot about these big v6`s plus the temp has been fine and ive not noticed any loss in water to

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topdogkelv

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Reply #6 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:52

if im honest when i first got the car i had a very heavy right foot as i loved the way it drove plus i got fed up with the boy racers allways trying it on and did do some very long miles aswell and was told there were big drinkers anyway so just put it down to that never put loads of oil in just the smallest one you can buy in the shops how ever much that holds

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Entwood Omega King Offline Quietly Confident Posts: 13708 North Wiltshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 Elite (with LPG)	Re: Has my Head gone Reply #7 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:54 okies .. just that I never put any in from one oil change to the next ... can't even see a movement on the dipstick !! Still its a young beast .. only 72,000 miles
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topdogkelv Junior Member Offline Posts: 101 Bristol England Gender: Drives: MV6	Re: Has my Head gone Reply #8 - 02. Oct 2007 at 21:58 ah mines 107000 but has full service history and everything has been done as it was one owner from new and was mainly motorway miles that was covered plus all the belts and filters were changed 2 on time got all the paperwork to see it
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Has my Head gone Reply #9 - 02. Oct 2007 at 22:03 I very, very rarely have to top up my 145k MV6 between oil changes....
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JasonH Senior Member Offline Posts: 953 Bristol Gender:	Re: Has my Head gone Reply #10 - 02. Oct 2007 at 22:19 Mixing oil isn't great but I'm sure it won't be your problem. Omegas do get some mayo on the filler cap. Short journeys do it. A long run should clear it out.
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