Head Gasket

[GTiR_Mic]

Just found out from Thunder God that it looks like my head gasket has gone on my shed when he started to take the engine out. Am I best just to stick with a standard head gasket or should I go for an uprated one?

Mic

 

[SickBoy]

May as well be safe and go metal one......

dont forget to change the water hoses on the back of the engine whilst its out

Lee

 

[pulsarboby]

:roll: what is the difference between a standard and say steel 1.2mm h/g!
why are they better? and whats difference between 1.2 and 2.0mm? would have thought thicker the gasket lower the compression! hence less power. someone explain to me please:?

 

[Fast Guy]

Make sure it is the head gasket first. From what he said to me, it sounds more like your standard oil cooler is leaking. Some tests wouldn't go amiss :thumb:

 

[GTiR_Mic]

Done a compression test on the engine before we started stripping it out. Results where 170, 170, 168 & 175. So it does look like the standard oil cooler.

Mic

 

[stevepudney]

Done a compression test on the engine before we started stripping it out. Results where 170, 170, 168 & 175. So it does look like the standard oil cooler.

Mic

If your stuck I have a spare knocking around somewhere I think

Steve