Racing corsa given in

Well my daily is a triple banger corsa 1lt lol and looks like head gaskets gone, only done 50k so that will give me something to do why I'm off. Only a little basic 3 cylinder engine so won't be very hard to fix I'm sure. Car is mint and only cost £400 so not going to bother skimming it as it's never over heated, just change gasket and see how that goes, can head gaskets just fail ???

They sure can, also expect you drive it hard & rev it to death being your "racing" corsa :-)
Skimming not always needed but worth checking surface run out & refacing well with wet & dry prior to rebuild.
Should easy & cheap project & you can get some air tools going too :-D perfect boxing day fun :-P can get wifey or bill bring you turkey sandwiches & brandy, ho ho ho ...

Better than sitting with the i laws all day lol. I've got loads of jobs to do in the garage but to be honest I'm saving them for the Christmas break, and I'm not allowed to do wot strainuous for a week just had my knackers snatched so a bit delicate lol

Bit off topic. But you did mention them. So...
Has it made you more loyal? Do you follow your master around more now and dont bite as much or fight?
Or has it made you moody and temperamental like a woman?
Always said the only thing missing from a woman was bollox and then theyd be normal. So maybe you're experiencing a womans problem now?

Just jesting mate. I couldnt have it done. To much of a wuss!!!

Stu wrote:Bit off topic. But you did mention them. So...
Has it made you more loyal? Do you follow your master around more now and dont bite as much or fight?
Or has it made you moody and temperamental like a woman?
Always said the only thing missing from a woman was bollox and then theyd be normal. So maybe you're experiencing a womans problem now?

Just jesting mate. I couldnt have it done. To much of a wuss!!!  

Well we always knew you liked your woman with bollox Stu

Lol it's now just a joy stick

Bones wrote:Lol it's now just a joy stick

an A&E Short-Shifter

Gaz GTiR wrote:

Stu wrote:Bit off topic. But you did mention them. So...
Has it made you more loyal? Do you follow your master around more now and dont bite as much or fight?
Or has it made you moody and temperamental like a woman?
Always said the only thing missing from a woman was bollox and then theyd be normal. So maybe you're experiencing a womans problem now?

Just jesting mate. I couldnt have it done. To much of a wuss!!!  

Well we always knew you liked your woman with bollox Stu

Like you like yours with a cock and a beard

Stu wrote:

Gaz GTiR wrote:

Stu wrote:Bit off topic. But you did mention them. So...
Has it made you more loyal? Do you follow your master around more now and dont bite as much or fight?
Or has it made you moody and temperamental like a woman?
Always said the only thing missing from a woman was bollox and then theyd be normal. So maybe you're experiencing a womans problem now?

Just jesting mate. I couldnt have it done. To much of a wuss!!!  

Well we always knew you liked your woman with bollox Stu

Like you like yours with a cock and a beard

Another thing your used to on a weekend ay Sue

Im not the ine that drives around with a bloke in my passenger seat at weekends ya fudge packer

No that's true... You have a club full of them. You poo pusher

Club full of you and your boyfriends you up hill gardener

Stu wrote:Club full of you and your boyfriends you up hill gardener

You would love that wouldn't you Mr gay uk

Nice to see the sites getting back to its usual ways lol ya bunch o pillar biters

What makes you think its headgasket darren ...??? Not that its uncommon for them too go ... along with waterpumps .timing chain .

Well the radiator went about a month ago and I only use the car probably once a week ( about 20 miles) so stuck a new rad on but the other day the water was low so I topped it up and thought maybe a air lock had cleared so that's why the level had gone down . Then for some reason I thought I'll check the oil for cream cheese and low and behold a cap full lol. Think it's too much for condensation but as it's been wet weather and the car doesn't get up to temperature much I'm guns keep running it and see if the water goes down again in the next couple of weeks , if so I'll whip the head off over christmas

It will fill the cap up with gunk if its used on short journeys mate .... just comp test it .... no point pulling the head off on a whim ...

Id also like to add the chain isnt a nice job to do if you end up doing the head ...You will need the crank timing pin and the cam timing bar to do it incase you didnt know mate ...

Wouldn't it still compression test just fine if the gasket had gone just between oil and water way?

I guess so it depends on how bad it is if its gone at all ... now you have a compressor maybe invest in a leak down tester

Ooooh what's that, ? I've got a couple of compression testers

Found them on eBay, bloody expensive for a corsa lol. Sort of tool you only use once though

Just stick some of your magic foam in sorted if its good enough for the R surley it will work in a corsa

Certainly worth doing a compression test, looking at plugs etc for visual signs of problem as like nomad said not that uncommon to see some amount of foamed oil due to time of year/short trip use/cheap oils.
Leak down test can be far better, can DIY these to an extent.
Best method though that should work due to your symptoms is using exhaust gas tester to sniff over rad cap with engine running.
Timing kit example link below>
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-CORSA-C-D-1-0-1-2-1-4-TIMING-CHAIN-LOCKING-FITTING-TOOLS-TOOL-KIT-/281473421015?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item41891f8ed7

Leak down testers are really cool thing to have they are more accurate in diagnosis than a comp tester...