Head Gasket gone

[Ricks]

How much av u guys paid to get it fixed?
for a 1.2 merit

[mowgli]

the gasket kit is about ?20, and about 2 hours work. I used to do them in the morning before work, until I found out the torque figures in the original Haynes book were wrong. I got thru 10 in a year!!!

[Ricks]

ive heard it costs like ?200

[mowgli]

A garage would charge that, but why don't you find someone local to do it for you.

A garage usually charges for a skim & bolts. They don't always get fitted.

[Ricks]

i dont know n e one in this area

[mowgli]

stick a post on here saying 'Help wanted in Bridlington Area'

[Ricks]

i know for a fact theres no one in brid maybe hull or scarboro tho.

[Mike]

i paid ?288 for,

complete gasket set, spark plugs, head skim, 11 thou piston skim, crank reground, oil change, colant etc, including labour costs.

so, i take it that ?288 was a well good price?

[Ricks]

i doubt mine will be tht much then im gunna av coolant an oil filter change
whts main reason 4 them goin

[Riggy]

ask chris 16v if he will do it for you :D

[Ricks]

yer i know i know hed do it for me but i crnt get it there i darent drive it 2 selby not while its takin all my water

[Riggy]

im sure that if you come to an arrangement with him he will pick it up for you as they have a "A" frame :D



ps i have a spare un opened 1.2 head gasket ?5 if ya need it

[Mike]

head gaskets go because of the constant change in temperature they endure, hot/cold/hot/cold etc etc.

hot = exspanding
cold = shrinking

constants moment like this will cause the gasket itself to split.

[lee/sri]

i did mine in about 2 hours
easy job like :evil:
cost me a pound for the gasket off my mate
did in in the hours o the nite

[Ricks]

ill see tomoz cause it might just be pipes fuckin up. the oil ant gone creamy yet and the water been topped up twice in about a weekish
riggy ill get back to u tomoz on tht.
how do i go around changing it.

[mikey14sr]

worth checking the water pump, when they go they leak through a small hole to the bearing

[Ricks]

beraing wht bearing surely ur not on abt my wheel bearing.
wheres the water pump
lol soz im a think c*nt

[Mike]

below cam belt on drivers side of engine i beleive.

[Ricks]

k thnks look tomoz abit to dark now how will i know if its fucked
wud my oil av gone creamy if 2 lots of water had empted into it

[mikey14sr]

water pump is the middle pulley for cambelt, they have a little hole in the casting which you can normally see the bearing thru, when the bearing goes water trickles out - hth

[Ricks]

thnks all let my uncle find it seems to complicated for me.
does it sound like this as gone more thn my gasket going.
how much for a new pump

[Mike]

check e-bay, sumtimes new ones for as little as a fiver! i payed about ?100 for parts, fitting, labour etc. when mine knackered

[Ricks]

so it does sound like water pump to u guys?

[hendrix]

get the car compression tested mate, then u will kno if its head gasket or not. In my opinion a head gasket will be pretty much a full day job as things inevitably go wrong.
Mind u i took 3 weeks doin chelles cuz most days i cudnt be bothered doin it :oops:

[Ricks]

yer thts gunna get sorted soon.
but theres gotta be another way of tellin cause u all must no when u can tell.
my oil and gone creamy thts wht i just crnt understand

[hendrix]

chelles head gasket went, but the oil didnt go creamy, it depends where the gasket blows. Does it run on all 4 cylinders?? if so it may not be the gasket and the car may just be leaking water from somewhere

[Ricks]

i hate cars :x

[rikih]

youd know if your water pump went, when my friends one went it leaked so much, you would save yourself alot of money doing a head gasket yourself as you can get a skim for around 20quid on a 8v vauxhall head. youd learn something too!