http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:31:59 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=970472&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:23 GMT I Have a 1991 Opel Kadett, that has a water sound coming from under that dash that is associated with accelerating, and has increasingly gotten worse.
We bought this car about a month ago...We had a leak test done on it because of the sound, and there was also some brown lumpy gunk in the coolant reservoir. It passed, and I haven't notice white smoke from the tailpipe,and the car doesn't overheat. I check the oil dipstick periodically to make sure coolant is not in there, and I also check the oil cap for a ring, so I am thinking this means no head gasket leak...
To clean out the gunk, and hopefully stop the sound, we did a coolant flush. While doing this we noticed that when the cap is off and you accelerate, you can see bubbles come up, which makes me suspect gasket leak again...When we refilled the coolant, it only ended up taking about 3/4 gallon. Over the past couple weeks, we have had to add another gallon and a half. It seemed kind of odd to have to add that much more, so I have been checking for leaks, and have found none. More of that gunk has shown up in the reservoir, but from the explanations I have seen online, I don't think it's oil.
Also, recently it has began to run rough when I start it up in the mornings. ]]> Nonspecific kimjett1 http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=970472