i wondering if the head gasket on my girlfriends 1380 is on the way out.
we could smell a kind of fumey smell when driving it today, and the temperature gauge showed normal-cold.
anyway we stopped to have a look and the engine seemed quite hot. i took off the rocker cap and noticed all the white slime on the inside of it.
the rockers themselves are very clean but do smell of petrol ( i guess this is normal)
in the picture you can see the inside of the rocker cap. its covered in a slimy white stuff.
the dip stick is still showing totally clean oil , but inside the radiator cap there was loads of foamy rusty water.
there is no loss of power as far i can tell.
would it be foolish to carry on driving it until we know whats worng (if indeed anything is wrong).
any advice greatfully recieved