General Drinking water is good for you????????

[big fart]

problem with a 1992 uno 60 1108cc buzbox!

Does this car have a history of head gasket problems? If so is it an easy DIY job? I am fairly compitant with me spanners but have been driving company cars for some time and havent had to get my hands dirty.

Problem is getting very hot quickly and losing lots of water. Only paid 50 squid for it but it is tidy except for its thirst.

Any thoughts?

Cheers

FARTTTTTinaTTTTTTin

 

[HP]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

The 1108 fire engine is prone to head gasket failure, yes. You could change it yourself - best go for an uprated Spesso gasket - but you won't know if the head needs skimming or whatever until it's apart.

I did an FAQ a while back,
http://www.FIATcentral.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1948

if it helps at all.

Pete.
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[big fart]

without sounding too thick is it a fairly st8 forward job? as well as gasket do I need head bolts? Is it likely that the head will need skimming? Is a new head expensive? not too many questions, what?

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[Peetie]

Best assume head will need a slight skim, it shouldn't cost that much.
I've only had to do this once and the job was pretty straight forward. The old head bolts were re-used and I ran the car for another 50,000 miles without any problems. If you want to be sure you can change head bolts as when we were tighting these up to the final angle there is a lot of strain involved...

 

[Morty Mort]

Hei.

What's skimming?

Morten.


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Projects: K&N induction kit, racing seats, exhaust, window tinting.

 

[custard]

taking a thin layer of metal of the face of the cylinder head to give you a flat surface.when the head gasket goes your head can warp a little and thats why you skim it

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Fun While It Runs

 

[big fart]

Just to update yousall
Swapped plugs, leads, Dissy cap and rotor arm + did head gasket(not too difficult even for a bonehead like me).
Head gasket was gone (just) but major problem was the inlet manifold gasket.
Car starts like a dream.


BUT

Over heating like a pig.(sweaty pig at that!)

Answer NEVER trust a GARAGE that's after your money. So changed Thermostat and bingo no overheating no ruff running all is good.

Nothing fancy just a good 1992 Uno for total price of £145.00 inc buying car and all parts and bacon sandwich for me mate with the torque wrench.

"Fart In A Tin", for £140 I'll fart in the rain.

Just one silly little bug bear, Is the gear linkage sloppy on all uno's or just mine?? Is it an Easy fix? Who cares I can find 1st and Reverse.



Cheers for all the help (so far!!)






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[big fart]

Just spent £10 on a radio cassette 52nd hand so car now has 6months MOT, new head gasket and a service and now musak. Still only stands me £150.00

£4500 SAXO's I S**t them



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