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    why do people do it!

    i bought an engine and gearbox of someone off here finanly got it up and running and within 15 minutes of startin it the oil filler cap and dipstick was covered in a milky substance obviously head gasket has gone it wasnt asif i got the engine cheap either it does wind me up

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    get em named!

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    I personally would have changed the headgasket as a matter of course while the engine was out.
    (i'm not the seller) :P


    Mat.

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    Was that the williams engine u bought?

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    Are you sure its not just from moisture build up because its been sitting? (im not the seller )

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    did u drain the sump before you started the motor? could have been water in the oil etc,

    (im not the seller either)

    Dave

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    did you hold your face right when you started it up

    (i''m not the seller)

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    did you try switching it off and on again.

    (im not the seller)

    (this is the usual response when i ring people for help)

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    probably just moisture! leave it running for a while and see what happens

    (im not the seller)

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    Forum User Bayliss's Avatar
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    whats with all this i'm not the seller lark

    (btw I'm not the seller either)


 

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