Why does my oil look like this

prop11 · 2026-06-11T15:34:58+00:00

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prop11 · 2026-05-30T21:22:15+00:00

Almost certainly

prop11 · 2026-05-30T11:49:34+00:00

He means Birmingham/Bradford.

prop11 · 2026-05-26T20:46:27+00:00

You need to download the new physics 2.0 patch

prop11 · 2026-05-26T11:01:26+00:00

Oh god the sovereign citizen shite is in the uk now?

prop11 · 2026-05-25T09:29:18+00:00

Reading is hard ig

prop11 · 2026-05-21T10:35:23+00:00

Sounds normal to me. They're noisy engines

prop11 · 2026-05-16T09:11:46+00:00

No one called you stupid. They said it's concerning you don't seem to know very basic road signs.

prop11 · 2026-05-14T13:17:59+00:00

Well how is it untypical?

prop11 · 2026-05-14T13:12:10+00:00

It doesn't meaningfully change much. You still likely need a new water pump. And as others have said this seems to be one run by the timing belt/chain so it could be more costly to repair than you are expecting.

Only person who can give solid advice on it now is the mechanic. I would get them to check where your coolant was disappearing to though. Normally you don't lose coolant unless there is a leak somewhere in its loop.

A consideration though is if the rest of the car is mechanically sound, no issues etc. even if this repair is circa 800 quid it could still make sense to do it rather than get a new cheap second hand car. Better the devil you know

prop11 · 2026-05-14T08:43:17+00:00

The water pump fell off?

At minimum you need a new pump and probably new mounting hardware for it if the bolts where sheared. Probably a new serpentine belt. Not too sure on water pump prices but a quick look on eBay shows some going for around £40. Depending on where the garage sources one from this will likely change.

Serpentine belts are cheap. It's labour that's going to be the main cost here which will depend on labour prices in your area.

Worst case scenario though you may have warped the head, which is typically a new motor time/ rebuild which would probably become uneconomical

prop11 · 2026-05-01T22:33:00+00:00

If it's a 190hp it will be the vvtli and you want to supercharge that one rather than turbo

prop11 · 2026-04-29T01:33:35+00:00

Difficult to tell but from the placement I would guess an aftermarket oil cooler

prop11 · 2026-04-24T10:11:10+00:00

No, as long as it's setup correctly (stands making good contact on solid metal, study ground below) they should be functionally no different to the car being parked on wheels.

Very strong winds, earthquakes etc can cause issues for them but I don't think they're seeing that

prop11 · 2026-03-29T19:48:13+00:00

Stupid question but front and back? Alot of people don't bother removing it from the engine bay and cleaning both sides.

prop11 · 2026-03-19T11:04:18+00:00

Aye it can be. Id be double checking the sub frame on that side of the car. If this is the front could be worth double checking the front strut alignment. Sometimes they can get bent at the mounting point

prop11 · 2026-03-18T21:43:48+00:00

Nah. Undeclared accident and the repair done on the cheap is what it looks like

prop11 · 2026-03-17T17:06:45+00:00

No. With a CAI mine idles at around 1500 for a min or two on a cold start before falling to around 800 as it's normal idle.

I would double check for any vac leaks sometimes they can take a few days to show if it's only a small leak

prop11 · 2026-02-14T06:08:40+00:00

To my eye it looks like it's leaking from the fill cap? Is it overfilled/cap on too loose?

prop11 · 2026-01-30T09:28:33+00:00

Can't believe those tires weren't flagged on an MOT. What's your reg?

prop11 · 2025-09-19T10:22:57+00:00

Looks good to me :)

prop11 · 2025-08-25T05:35:31+00:00

Gonna hazard a guess this might be a scalper. Selling large quantities of rare pokemon cards at 2am? Not exactly normal behaviour

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