Renault 1.9 diesel headgasket change Q's?
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Can anyone help me with some advice?
Against my better judgement my son bought a 1996 Renault Clio 1.9 Diesel and now the headgasket has blown. He doesn't have much money and so I'm going to try to replace this for him (if it had happened last week before he had spent £150 on new tyres I might have advised him to scrap it but if he bought another banger most likely there would be some other problem with that to fix and we've already fixed the exhaust, steering and tyres on this one!).
I have changed headgaskets before on (older) petrol engined cars and the access to the head on this car (1996 1.9 Clio Diesel) is good and so I'm fairly confident to have a go but some aspects worry me. Can anyone advise me:
1. I'm guessing the head bolts are "stretch bolts". Where can I find details of the length of these to measure to see if I can use them again, and details of the torque-down procedure?
2. With timing the injection pump is it as easy as lining up a mark on the cambelt pulley (I can make my own mark on dismantling if there isn't a factory one) or is this more involved and will I need any special tools to lock the injection pump in position?
3. I'm hoping this isn't a wet liner engine (if it is then I'm not going to mess with liner seals/heights and we may have to scrap the car after all). Does anyone know if this engine has wet liners?
4. I'm assuming it will be OK to skim the head, or does a warped head on this engine mean a replacement (also, can anyone recommend where to get head skimmed in North Hampshire)?
That's about it - any comments welcomed (if only to berate me for letting my son buy a Renault!).
Against my better judgement my son bought a 1996 Renault Clio 1.9 Diesel and now the headgasket has blown. He doesn't have much money and so I'm going to try to replace this for him (if it had happened last week before he had spent £150 on new tyres I might have advised him to scrap it but if he bought another banger most likely there would be some other problem with that to fix and we've already fixed the exhaust, steering and tyres on this one!).
I have changed headgaskets before on (older) petrol engined cars and the access to the head on this car (1996 1.9 Clio Diesel) is good and so I'm fairly confident to have a go but some aspects worry me. Can anyone advise me:
1. I'm guessing the head bolts are "stretch bolts". Where can I find details of the length of these to measure to see if I can use them again, and details of the torque-down procedure?
2. With timing the injection pump is it as easy as lining up a mark on the cambelt pulley (I can make my own mark on dismantling if there isn't a factory one) or is this more involved and will I need any special tools to lock the injection pump in position?
3. I'm hoping this isn't a wet liner engine (if it is then I'm not going to mess with liner seals/heights and we may have to scrap the car after all). Does anyone know if this engine has wet liners?
4. I'm assuming it will be OK to skim the head, or does a warped head on this engine mean a replacement (also, can anyone recommend where to get head skimmed in North Hampshire)?
That's about it - any comments welcomed (if only to berate me for letting my son buy a Renault!).
Thanks for the advice - the plan is to strip out and see how bad it all is. If its too bad (or it won't come apart) then its "spares or repair" time before I buy any parts at all.
I've changed head gaskets before so I'm fairly confident of being able to get the work done, but I have limited facilities if I come across seized head bolts etc.
Fingers crossed
I've changed head gaskets before so I'm fairly confident of being able to get the work done, but I have limited facilities if I come across seized head bolts etc.
Fingers crossed
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