If you let a thread go long enough everything ends up as a head gasket. 

 

However don’t bank on a chemical test being conclusive. If you get a positive fair enough, but if you get an all clear it’s not guaranteed due to the nature of the gas getting into the cooling system. 

 

 

Edited 26 August, 20196 yr by Tech1e

22 hours ago, Tech1e said:

However don’t bank on a chemical test being conclusive. If you get a positive fair enough, but if you get an all clear it’s not guaranteed

 

 

 

Seriously read this and instantly thought of a pregnancy test 😂

4 minutes ago, mikey362 said:

 

Seriously read this and instantly thought of a pregnancy test 😂

 

Imagine the levels of denial if that were true!

Just now, sepulchrave said:

 

Imagine the levels of denial if that were true!

Been there done that 😂

 

 

 

 

... TWICE! 

Chemical leak test done no colour change not sure this is an entirely reliable test but has shown positive on a land rover when I tested it once 

 

Replaced the cooolant cap was still losing coolant, I got another one from garage that apparently is off an octavia black in colour and now not losing any coolant? Seems v strange 

 

Although I occasionally get a slight amount of white smoke on startup, 

Just read this thread,it's getting longer by the day.

Had my vrs tdi checked at a recommended independent garage,they carried out a chemical test on the coolant water and it showed a positive on combustion gasses.

This suspected head gasket failure is noted in my project thread,unfortunately my son didn't realise that stronger head bolts were a good idea before boosting the engines power.

So it's off with its head so to speak,replaced  with stronger head bolts and an appropriate genuine Skoda gasket and possibly a truing of the head if it has warped.

 

You can't know if it's warped without taking a lick off it, always have a minimal skim done, it's not optional.