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[Teebee]

After thinking I had found a car from JB my wife has veto'd it on the irrational grounds that she wont drive an ex-police car............

So, back in the hunt for a cheap driver i've gone to see a 2.5 tonight. It looks and drives well enough but has the usual signs of leaking gaskets, the oil looks like it needs a damn good change but I see no sign of mayo build up.

The only problems I see are 1) after 5 mins warm up if you remove the dipstick or filler it tube it is smoking, I couldn't tell if it was steam or not. 2) it had a coolant warning up but the header tank looked clean enough. In my mind i'm thinking if the breathers are blocked it is pushing the oil back up the tube etc but i'm also mindful that is wishful thinking on my part and it could be a head gasket. What i'm after is an opinion on what people think it might be.

[PhilRich]

It sounds very much like blocked breathers to me, as to the coolant warning, if the level is ok it could be the sensor plug has come adrift under the expansion bottle? Worth a look before writing the car off as a no-no??

[Teebee]

That's what I was hoping someone would say!

I'm tempted to take a flyer on it, maybe i'll see how I feel after sleeping on it.