Have just cooked my engine, temp gauge not to accurate and I think it was the bloody brit part waterpump, (fitted before i was warned,) the rad sprung several leaks, have huge vacum and a bit of oil in rad, but no creamy guiness in the oil, if it is the head gasket, how many times can you just replace gasket, does the head need to be skimmed?
emptied water out of exhaust! and I have just replaced radiator, hoses etc, bled the system, turned the engine over with the fuel pump disconnected, huge vacum again, connected fuel pump and fired it up, smoke coming out of header tank with oily smell? and vacum, still no water in oil, looks like engine pressure in the cooling system, is this what happens when the head gasket goes? not turbo pressure? the only time i had a head gasket go before, i just lost power and the temp went up?