Clio 1.2 16v
Hey there,
Whilst doing an oil change on my '02 ph2 1.2 16v a week ago, I noticed some build up of mayonnaise around the oil filler cap. Since the car has only 20k miles on it, i kind of assumed that it was just condensation build up because of small journeys throughout the car's life, so I wiped it off and thought nothing more of it. I have just checked again, and there is quite a lot of build up again, maybe even more so than before. The build up seems very quick, so could the head gasket have gone despite the low miles? It doesn't show any other signs of failure, no white smoke, no leaky coolant, and I have never seen the temp gauge go even a millimetre above the middle of the gauge.
By extension, if it was the head gasket, how easy is the fix - I have some experience working on the car, but other members of my family are much more experienced mechanically and could help if it was a fix that could be done at home
Thanks for any help/advice anyone could give!
Whilst doing an oil change on my '02 ph2 1.2 16v a week ago, I noticed some build up of mayonnaise around the oil filler cap. Since the car has only 20k miles on it, i kind of assumed that it was just condensation build up because of small journeys throughout the car's life, so I wiped it off and thought nothing more of it. I have just checked again, and there is quite a lot of build up again, maybe even more so than before. The build up seems very quick, so could the head gasket have gone despite the low miles? It doesn't show any other signs of failure, no white smoke, no leaky coolant, and I have never seen the temp gauge go even a millimetre above the middle of the gauge.
By extension, if it was the head gasket, how easy is the fix - I have some experience working on the car, but other members of my family are much more experienced mechanically and could help if it was a fix that could be done at home
Thanks for any help/advice anyone could give!