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Old 09-02-2005, 13:49   #33
gary_580
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Re: Car questions

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Originally Posted by ZrByte
by the way is the head gasket supposed to be replaced at certain intervals like the cambelt etc
Nope.

Only replace it if you start getting water in your oil or you have a water, oil or cylinder leak.

You can tell if you have water in your oil as it emulsifies in the filler cap (White gunge) if there is only a small amount if this emulsified oil and you dont do long journies dont worry about it as its the short journies that cause it too.
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Originally Posted by Scarlett
Make sure you do a full oil, oil filter and air filter change every 6 months.
good advice and applicable to this car. Newer cars that use synthetic or semi synthetic oil can go a lot longer between oil changes. Some are up to 20K or 2 years now.
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