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[JamesV6CDX]

It was a bloody head gasket river!!

I will post more pics later, but both head gaskets virtually corroded away bar the firing rings

The engine bay looks a little bare....

[SMD]

   is this the project elite?

How many cars do you have again?

[Gaffers]

  is this the project elite?

How many cars do you have again?

One. but he changes them like his underwear

[Gaffers]

Back on topic:

I had exactly the same with mine with similar symptoms.  Check the cooling passageways are good, mine were restricting coolant flow and thus required to be exchanged

[05omegav6]

A side effect of poor coolant choice perhaps

[JamesV6CDX]

A side effect of poor coolant choice perhaps

I would say so mate. The coolant was blue

[JamesV6CDX]

  is this the project elite?

How many cars do you have again?

2. The trusty 2.2 also

[omega3000]

A side effect of poor coolant choice perhaps

 

[Toledodude1973]

I see your keeping busy James, good luck with the project

[vauxlooney]

A side effect of poor coolant choice perhaps

I would say so mate. The coolant was blue

blue coolant cant be that bad surly? i have not have any problems with it in the past. maybe the car has been ran with water and no anti free at all in past? Given water leaks are quite common and people just top the system back up with water until its fixed it wouldn't be that surprising

[05omegav6]

If it's chemically wrong, not just the colour, it actually becomes quite damaging.

As for topping up with plain water, that's equally asking for trouble on a large scale...

Basically Omega cooling systems react badly to abuse/neglect. I suspect this is a case in point

[Sir Tigger KC]

Did you do that outside the wine shop?   

[JamesV6CDX]

Got a eBay bargain, 2 x genuine head gaskets, £10 the pair

[SMD]

I thought V6 head gaskets rarely fail? Is this result of poor coolant servicing? I have noticed with past cars service history that coolant, brake fluid and fuel filters often get neglected 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I thought V6 head gaskets rarely fail? Is this result of poor coolant servicing? I have noticed with past cars service history that coolant, brake fluid and fuel filters often get neglected 

Yes.

Many overlook the FACT that antifreeze does much more than stop the coolant freezing.

It also includes corrosion inhibitors which last around 2 years on blue antifreeze and 4 years on long life stuff (often red in colour).

Once the inhibitors become time expired then alloy corrosion and head gasket damage WILL occur (plus oil cooler on the V6).

When you remvoe a head its always easy to see if its been well maintaiend by looking at the coolant passages