sludge

How we going guys, i'm a newbie here and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction regarding timing chain issues. Let me set the scene. My car is a C180K 05 with roughly 69000miles on the clock. Upon hearing suspicious noises that sounded like the timing chain upon startup...

Hi guys. Been having this problem with my ML 270 turbo loss. With no other symptoms other than lack of power and its not EGR valve or pipes as have looked them over and all good. Have read about the manifold flaps and motor that controls them but surely they would be a problem constantly and...

Hello. I was generally topping up fluids in the car and came across this sludge build up in my coolant expansion tank. Does anyone know why this sludge is in the tank?

hi this morning after a week or 2 of steady coolant loss i removed the amg covers and found a think brown sludge inside the manifolds im guessing the intercooler has had it . im fair pi**ed of with this car already having owned it for only 5 weeks and spent around £500 on repairs. ive been...

Help. Im new here and looking for some help with the wifes car. She owns a mercedes a class. Oil change light came on a few weeks ago and last week engine management light. On inspection of dipstick saw oil was a light brown creamy sludge. Took to the garage who changed oil and both lights off...

Have just purchesed a 230e 1984 133,000, manual and the engine runs super smooth no overheating problems at all. Have noticed on the manifold its turning white a bit and there is sludge coming from the engine in the air filter head, should i be very concerned about this? it looks like the last...

Iv'e a W203 c200k (1.8). Car driving fine until on the motorway today when it started to have engine vibrations and suffered a loss of power. The engine management light came on also. It continued to drive but there wasnt the proper power and clearly was not right. I pulled into a lay by and...

Hi, My coolant warning lamp came on yesterday and upon checking this morning I find the coolant is right down and filled with nothing but oily sludge. Would this definately be the head gasket or could it be something slightly less sinister. Car is a '94 W124 Coupe 2.2 138k Thanks in...

I have just had my m103 124 serviced.When I collected the car I was shown that there is a slight oil/sludge deposit in the expansion bottle.The coolant has not changed colour and there is no excess pressure build up. There are a couple of small oil leaks and the core plug located at the left...