AAAHHHHGGGGG never rains it pours!!!!!!!

[umpkin]

well i spent a hour on it last night with a lead light all thats left to do is the 3 bolts on the exhaust and the head bolts.

got the head gasket today, cost me 14 quid which i was happy about.

so will see the extent of damage tomorrow.

[umpkin]

well tis all up and running again.

head gasket had gone on the compression ring on number 3 the ring had a crack in it, and number 4 was about to do the same, strange enuf last time the head gasket went, it was in the same place...... but...... that was also a different head and block, strange.

still maybe next time ill get a copper gasket and then i shouldnt have the prob

does the 200sx DET one for the s12 ??? for furture reference.

[s13eater]

my first head went on number 3 firing ring of the gasket, never had any probs with the head i got from silviagod, it helps with the wire rung block, i think i'am going to use a copper gasket and wire ringed block on the fj20.

[umpkin]

head looks fine no signs of corrosion or anything, i guess it could have a little warp in it, but would be coincidence that both my heads have blown the same place.

i can understand that with your FJ tbh, its gonna be under a hell of a lot of stress.

my ET running bout 10psi isnt really straining the gasket, thats std boost on the DET.

wheres the best place to price up an ET copper gasket.

[s13eater]

you can use the det steel one, it just needs a slight mod on it, if you go for copper, speak to mike tanski @ ferriday engineering, i ran 32psi on the ca18et and it stayed in 1 piece.

[umpkin]

dont you need to have both surfaces skimmed for the use of a copper one??? or dont it make much difference to a normal one, just they hold the high compression better??

that pic is of the one that blew, hhmmm clearly

[old-and-rusty]

Looks like it may be a common problem on ca18et`s.
When I first got my s12 (many years ago), the head gasket had blown in exactly the same place .
Regards,
Ian.