This will be my starting problem then lol

Head gasket blown across all four cylinders :slayer:



a nice job for the weekend

please be good weather :worship:

4 to 3 looks bad. Skim!

yes will be, only £40 + £10 collection and delivery so would be silly not to

Parts have arrived

Gasket kit + Head Bolts
Cambelt + Tensioner Bearing
Water Pump

Just need the weather to cheer up a bit

Hi,
what are the cylinder bores like if it's been blown that far..??,
charlie

How do you mean, there not shiny if that's what you mean?

Like this

I'm on my phone so it's hard to tell.. do you have the gasket in place on top of the block there? If you don't.. you've got a lot of trouble around no1. Scoring into no2 and into the water channel.

arc said:

you've got a lot of trouble around no1. Scoring into no2 and into the water channel.

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^this.

Thats a geasy mark where ive been feeling the surface with my oily hands, looks like a score between 1 and 2 but it was a bit of crud, thought that yesterday looking at the pics and rushed home to check it lol

phew

I was going to say, it looks odd that there's a possible breach of the water channel into no1, but the inside of the cylinder isn't steam cleaned!

I must admit after looking at that pic yesterday i did do a little prayer before opening the bonnet to look... "please god don't be f*#king score marks" :worship: pmsl

You could check the difference between top and bottom of the bores for wear while you have access, old ring or hire a gauge.

I replaced a head after valve grinding to find I still had uneven compression, cause the ring gaps were twice the service limit, but it could have as easily been the bores.