Aaron-B-Wrx

Hi

I have been to view a new car today, a 57 plate Subaru Impreza Wrx Hatchback with the 2.5 turbo engine

There was a couple of things that concerned me but the main thing that concerned me was when I took the oil cap off. There was an almost mustard like yellow gunk on and around the oil cap and housing, not lots but still a good bit

After questioning the dealer about it being the headgasket he told me that it was just condensation and the headgasket was fine, I also noticed a bit of white smoke coming from the exhaust

However, I dont want to spend thousands on the car for it to need its headgasket doing. It has done 53000 miless and had full history, it was just a little off putting ewhen I saw it

What would you guys say, is this normal or should I stay away

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks Aaron

AzzDSM

Tbh i would walk away. Tell tale sign of hg failure. Especially being the 2.5

alphaj12

I wouldn't have even asked, just walked

the shreksta

iTrader: (20)

avoid at all cost,try and buy from an enthusiast-the car will be looked after and you can be pretty sure that they wont bull**** you

dan-lincs

Ask for them to do a compression test on it, sometimes a little build up can happen due to moisture, esp if they have just been starting it up now and again just to keep the battery charged it would not of been reaching operating temp

ianbott

What he said ^^^^
If interested in the car I would be talking to the dealer and arranging a long test drive of around 30 minutes where you can get the car up to a good temperature and drive it hard on boost and off boost. Any problems are likely to show their heads then. You may find the mayo looking stuff will disappear when it's been ran to temp for a while.