Technical 1.2 16v sporting antifreeze blowing out at the cap= head gasket

[flisko]

1.2 16v sporting head gasket

it was blowing antifreeze out at the cap, knew it was headgasket, but today i opened it up cuz i sold head and saw this

previous owner said headgasket was replaced without skimming is that the reason that it happened again shortly afterwards?

 

[bluejohn125]

Who can say? But probably yes....

That head hasn't been touched since it failed, they just stuck a new gasket on and torqued it up using the old stretch bolts.

It needs a standard refresh and skim, then refitting with a decent gasket set and new head bolts. Under £100 unless it's really warped...