MK4 golf running problems..

[spicymouse]

if i was at home in tassie i could have but I'm lacking tools up here haha, i'll get it looked at my someone and see what they think.

[Eman]

I would also check the spark plugs. Check if any plugs have oil at the tips and the color of the oil. Is your engine normally clean or is there any oil dripping from the head down? Does the car idle normal or is there a miss in the idle?

[spicymouse]

its normally clean, not that i check it regularly. car used to idle fine at 850 but now it bounces 800-900.

[Jmac]

Ok, slight condensation cold from the exhaust, normal, it a by product odf combustion, slight white film on oil cap short trips, normal. Before you go taking a head off have it checked properly, TK combustion test for combustive gasesin the coolant, cylinder leak down test and also the coolant hoses would be going hard if the head gasket had gone, it would misfire, i would worry about plumes of steam from the exhaust and plenty of Milky gunge in the oil or oil in the coolant, like i say have it checked and dont just go by net diagnosis or you could be forking out for nothing, take the advise as advise, there is several tests that need to be done before calling head mate. From what i read here its not head gasket.
Good luck