Head Gasket Sets

[nova_saloon]

Thinking of getting a head gasket set and there are some expensive ones and some cheap ones. Im just replacing the standard head gasket and so no need to uprate. But there are some ive seen that will got £21 delievered and some that are £60 anybody tried theese out. just want to know wether its really cheap tat and i should try to avoid or good for saving some dosh

[projctnova]

i would say cheap is ok but go for your branded ones. i can get just a head gasket for £8 with my discount at our local motor factors!

[GRUNT 16V]

All i will say is that you get what you pay for !!!!!
Go for a Payen head set !! never had a prob and replace the head bolts too, At the end of the day i would rather pay a little extra, rather than strip my engine back down again!!
cheers

[Nova_Tek]

Bought a Head gasket set for a 20SEH and gave it to a mate for him sort out his engine. It was from Halfords and IIRC was QH kit, it had everything except head bolts. Cost £8 (was on sale) bargain as the engine runs fine lol

[nova_saloon]

i was thinking going branded and i agree you get what you pay for. but just wanted to see if it was worth it

[garyc]

Yeah payen are good. try allittmotorsport.co.uk probably the cheapest around.

[AlexW]

Another for payen. Dont bother with cheap stuff.

[nova_saloon]

Yeah payen are good. try allittmotorsport.co.uk probably the cheapest around.

what the hell is wrong with that website. think i will pay the extra. will be worth it.

[mowgli]

payen is the most popular one in the uk, elring is the OE supplier, even the main dealer one won't be expensive, whatever your local factor will sell should be ok.

getting decent quality sealant between the cam carrier & the head is more important.

[philip]

i prefer elring than payen.

i always order elring when building motors up or when people what gaskets

[GRUNT 16V]

payen is the most popular one in the uk, elring is the OE supplier, even the main dealer one won't be expensive, whatever your local factor will sell should be ok.

getting decent quality sealant between the cam carrier & the head is more important. with the sealent get the proper vauxhall stuff!! it green and it works !!

[AlexW]

Ive got to say when i built my 1.2 and my 1.4 i didnt use any sealant between the head and cam carrier lol

[brainsnova]

Ive got to say when i built my 1.2 and my 1.4 i didnt use any sealant between the head and cam carrier lol

lol lol lol lol

[napalm_27]

i can get it all from my old work cheapish if you want me to mate?

[Benn]

They are all closely the close, Fai are good too.

[paul james]

Just avoid the no name crap ones on ebay, they can be rubbish quality - rusty metal in the head gasket, paper thin exhaust gaskets etc.

[garyc]

you can e-mail Chris at info@allittmotorsport.co.uk I picked some up last night and the price inc botls was around £15 cheaper than my local factors for the same payen stuff

[Nova_Tek]

They are all closely the close, Fai are good too.

That's the other parts company that I have used for various bits. As long as you go for established and known brands then you should be ok.

[napalm_27]

They are all closely the close, Fai are good too.

i use to work for fai and get parts straight from the warehouse
full heads sets are around £15 bolts about £8-10

[Nova_Tek]

It was either the QH of FAI head set that I got for £8 for the SEH. For that price you cant go wrong especially being a quality brand

[napalm_27]

fai do loads of parts
water pumps
oil pumps etc
springs
wishbones
engine components the lot
i can get them all out the warehouse at warehouse prices instead of paying the extra from motor factors

[Markd89]

ive done lods of headgaskets and always always use the cheap brand
Never had any problems whatsoever