Bit of a concern I did a diy maintenance of my partners Fiat Punto headgasket a few months ago. It has been fine since pretty much aside from a bit of a squeel on low revs acceleration that goes away once the car gets moving and is directly related to the rpm of the engine. I figured it was probably the fan belt needing tensioning a bit more and was going to get around to doing, but I dont think its related to what Im going to say.
Anyway she is reporting that the car is losing water again from inside (although as far as she can tell, not externally although she hasnt really looked well underneath). She has been told by dealers it might be a clip knocked off a water hose UNDERNEATH the car possibly leading to water loss. Im not around at the moment so cant check directly to see what the fault is, until tommorow anyway.
I was thinking hopefully I might be able to get away with something like tightening the (newly fitted) head gasket bolts in case they had gotten lose after running in or something. The gasket/bolts etc were all fitted new, and the head skimmed. It had new thermostat AND water pump, fitted with sealant. The only thing I missed and have been paraniod about is that I did not mop the bolt holes out to check for oil on the gasket. Any ideas what it might be? Is it possible I may have to do it all over again? Or if it should have gone wrong would it have occured by now as she has done at least a hundred miles or so without any major symtomps of note or catastophic failure?
Tony