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PukkaSilvia · #1 02-07-2006, 10:03

just thought i would let you know i blew my head gasket earlier this week. Im currently skimming my head 40 thou!! as Ive now got a chunk 35 thou deep in between cyl 3&4 hehe..i have just ordered a cometic 1.9 multi layer steel head gasket to fit. It should do the job nicely at bringing down the compression for when i get a roller bearing t3 later in the year. Im fully cleaning and shot blasting it all while its off the car and trying to tidy the engine bay wiring up again to make it worth while. Then its back onto the bodywork again. This has set me back a week so its going to be a bit tight now.

Japster · #2 02-07-2006, 12:30

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Originally Posted by Pukkasilvia

just thought i would let you know i blew my head gasket earlier this week. Im currently skimming my head 40 thou!! as Ive now got a chunk 35 thou deep in between cyl 3&4 hehe..i have just ordered a cometic 1.9 multi layer steel head gasket to fit. It should do the job nicely at bringing down the compression for when i get a roller bearing t3 later in the year. Im fully cleaning and shot blasting it all while its off the car and trying to tidy the engine bay wiring up again to make it worth while. Then its back onto the bodywork again. This has set me back a week so its going to be a bit tight now.

Bad news mate - Still, it sounds like you've got it in hand - good luck getting her ready - Mine's still going to be undriveable other than getting to JAE and back gently, due to the clutch problems

(Booked in with Si a week after JAE...

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sideways danny · #3 03-07-2006, 00:15

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Originally Posted by Pukkasilvia

just thought i would let you know i blew my head gasket earlier this week. Im currently skimming my head 40 thou!! as Ive now got a chunk 35 thou deep in between cyl 3&4

you might want to think about that again. skimming 40thou and fitting a 1.9mm gasket will RAISE your CR

PukkaSilvia · #4 03-07-2006, 20:48

yep i wasnt thinking straight.oops..Luckily ive only had to take 15 thou off now which is a relief.It looked a lot worse than it was until the first 10 thou came off. So my cr has been loweredThe cometic site says i torque to std torque and no retorque is nessesary.so i can rag it out the box...lovely.hehe

PukkaSilvia · #5 10-07-2006, 22:09

Well its all back together now. I got the 1.9mm cometic gasket on Saturday in the post and fitted it today. The car ran like crap for a bit and i thought my valves were hitting for a second and i had a hot flush

. Turned out to be a dry hydraulic tappit from when i had stripped it down for cleaning and skimming.
The car now runs well.It feels completely different. It feels less torquey at pull away but it spools up faster and feels like it breathes better which is all to be expected. Shame my t3 turbo is a load of rubbish though. I noticed today theres a bit of the turbine missing on one of the props where my head gasket decided to make a swift exit.It was smoking anyway.Hopefully i can save some pocket money up for a hybrid t3 in a months time

PukkaSilvia · #6 14-07-2006, 19:32

The respray is going to have to wait until after jae. The turbo has given up for good. I have just found a second hand one that will do me for a while ok so moneys gone on that rather than paint.I also changed my plugs etc and it seems to run better. Maybe if i get it running really nice il put it on the thor rolling road at jae. Not if its £££ though. Any idea what its been in the past for just a power run?

s13eater · #7 14-07-2006, 20:59

i think its around £40.