Worst fears confirmed

[dixiebabes]

Head gasket is leaking, John (gaswedge) kindly came over today with is hydrocarbon sniffer magic boxy thingy (just been calibrated) and sure enough its pumping them little B******S straight into the cooling system. So lads ill be neededing a decoke set wheres the best place to purchase one for a 350i series 1.

Im just off to whimper for a while.

Dix

[chedder]

Thats a bummer Dix, but on the upside......while it's apart, get some go faster bits! New cam, big valve heads, trumpets etc

Sorted innit just

Chedder

[dixiebabes]

For every down theres an up cheers Cheddar LOL.


Dix

[mrzigazaga]

Could of been worst mate..You could of cracked your block..Did you find out why the gasket went?..As just replacing it might not solve the problem..You were saying a while back that you had problems with overheating..Which could of been..Thermostat..Water pump..Coolant cap..Blocked rad..It might be worth investigating further as you dont want to put it all back together and then in a couple of weeks have to do it all again..sorry for scare mongering but maybe it was worth mentioning..good luck with it mate..Ziga

[adam quantrill]

Head gaskets are a minor job really, it won't take long.

I can recommend the composite ones.

[wooly350i]

Head gasket went on my van so the lad pulled it all apart and we then got head checked,it was cracked.New Toyota head was just over a grand,remanufactured from India including post 300 quid and its running a treat,good old eBay.A garage had done the head gasket 3 years previously and put the water loss down to a so called porous block.

[dixiebabes]

Still could do with a link to site that sells composite headsets gunna do a full decoke!

Any takers lads Carob mentioned rimmer brothers i cant find em

Dix

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate..Heres the link to rimmerbros..Hope you get yours sorted..Its weird how the red wedges seem to play up more than others..Ziga
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&am...

[Wedg1e]

Opening the ports out while you have the heads off would be a nice touch Jeff; takes a few hours and is a bit messy but minimal additional expense once you've gone that far