Oil is not dripping from anywhere. Thanks a lot for the tip. God bless.

Blackbishop:


Good day sir, first let me ask is your car dropping oil or preferably are you experiencing oil drop without any trace of it around the engine or floor?
And do you have smoke when you start the car in the morning?
If none of the above is present then you don't need to bother about the grinding. Just change the gasket and scrap the Cylinder head.. gbam...

But let our ogas in the house add to it, am still a learner

Hello, I really need your advice. I drive a Hyundai Elantra 2009. The car overheated after a repair guy fixed something in the gear. He removed all the water components to do all that and didn't top up enough water when I went to pick it up. Car overheats and the last thing that happened was bubbles coming from the inlet for topping water. A mechanic says the head gasket is blown and that he would have to change it and grind the cylinder head too because that's what they usually do to such cars. I'm a bit confused as to why he wants to grind the cylinder head.
Pls help

Blackbishop:


If you read through sir, I purposely specify the word lay man term.

The other day I told someone on this forum to check starter motor, he said he didn't know I was referring to kick starter as they re always referred to.

Boss you and I understand terms but most people will see it as jargons or pride of the profession.

Thanks for the correction.

Yes I am.

MOTIONTECH:
Are based in Lagos?

Good days sir, was hoping you could help with this and I hope someone can too.
So I took my Hyundai Elantra 2009 manual transmission to replace the disc, plate and release bearing. After this was fixed i drove the car for like 30 minutes a s noticed that my car was over heating. As I came down to open the bonnet I noticed smoke coming out.
Called the repair guy that fixed the car and we allowed it cool to then drive it to his Workshop. The car started overheating again. This time, we both came down and he started to pour water into the water inlet that one tops when water is low. Some minutes later, water bubbles start escaping from this outlet.
Another mechanic said this is a sign of a blown head gasket and that he has to GRIND the cylinder to avoid the car overheating after fixing the gasket.
I'm a bit confused as to why he wants to do this. He's charging 45k for this.
Pls help!!!!

David50:
Sorry about this brother..
Iv experienced quite a lot with radiator issues...

Here's what u need to do...
1. The fact that water is rushing from your radiator to the overflow tank means you have a problem with the radiator cap. The purpose of the cap is to regulate the fluctuating pressure within the radiator by controlling the flow of coolant between the radiator and the overflow tank. Change it.. preferably go with tokunbo..its just N500. I always keep a spear in my booth.
2. It's not normal for water to reduce significantly within a day... its should take about a week or two b4 you notice significant drop...anything other than this implies a leakage..(YOU6 MECHANIC WAS WRONG).. it's a good thing you did your due diligence and discovered it.. now the problem is half solved.. Just get a mechanic to change the hose or even the water pump (if it happens to be the culprit).

NB:I actually believe the prominent leakage you noticed was caused by the overheating experience you mentioned, which also was caused by your faulty radiator cap
3. After you've done both, and your still experiencing similar problems, get a stop-leak product (I normally recommend the ABRO Stop leak liquid NOT powder) and follow the guidelines on the container... I have used this on cars multiple times to stop leaks that mechanics diagnosed as HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS.

Let's know how it goes