The timing cover/water pump weren't sealing up properly so it was letting coolant into the oil

Lovely haha just adds to the frustruations

So put new oil and coolant in today, after flushing the system yesterday and as soon as I started the engine up the coolant foamed up again, but seemed to die down after a little bit. Could it just be the water pump sucking up any trapped air in the system and foaming that way?? I'll keep an eye on it over the next fee days and see if it goes away

Cheers, josh

This was the result of me rushing my motor back together. Fun times...

You can tell without taking the head off. Give it a compression test. It's a simple $20 tool, or borrow one.

I had the same thing happen to mine after a simple coolant flush i took it to a local mechanic who said i had a blown head gasket and quoted me a ridiculous amount to fix but then i asked my brother who is a mechanic and he emptied the radiator and noticed all the little holes at the top were blocked and full of gunk and then i took it in got it cleaned out for $80 and havent had a problem since that was 1 and a half years ago i also got new hoses a new radiator cap and a new thermostat and thermostat housing gasket. Goodluck

have you checked your plugs, any cleaner than the other, normally its 2 & 3 pot than gives trouble, sumtimes it can be as simple as thermostat, you always check the cheaper and easy parts first before tearing the donk apart, do a compression test aswell, there normally a pretty bullet proof motor

Arghh looks like I've blown a head gasket! Driving the other day and noticed it got quite hot, pulled up the hood and there was not a lot of water in the radiator and coolant looked a bit foamy, I'm presuming the system pressurized and blew most of it out the overflow, oil looked fine nothing milky on the dipstick or under the cap though. Thinking maybe I should just pull the head off and change, should be quite easy in the a series conpared to an ohc engine. What other ways are there to check if its a gasket? I've read it can bubble of exhaust is getting in the system but if it had cracked along a bore wouldn't you notice the engine running rough? That could explain where the coolant has been gonn though. Drained the coolant and oil today and oil looks fine, no coolant it.

What are your thoughts guys??

Cheers josh