i think the cylinder head has gone on myrtle there was a sort of tapping sucking noise and it now sounds awful,could be a valve.got good oil pressure 60 will i be able to drive it 10 miles to a garage or should i get the aa to do it for me .
Are you not up to fixing it yourself ? Dos sound like head gasket gone - not a difficult job! I have done it at side of road - with just ring keys I had in the car!
'Keys' is regular word taken to mean spanners - up here anyway! Although when i think about it - only really used with ring 'spanners' - just seems we have always called them ring keys - for some reason , no doubt lost in the mists of time.
And yes - don't drive it like that - just whip the head off! Only takes about 30 minutes max!
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If you do it yourself ( a good idea) but don't own a torque wrench it would be an idea to find someone who does have one and torque it down to book figures (and they do need checking a couple of times after the initial torque) otherwise you will get some more practice by having to do it again.
For years I didn't have a torque wrench - just pulled it down as hard as I could using one hand - on a normal ring key (spanner)! No problems - and no broken studs or stripped threads either!
bmcecosse wrote:For years I didn't have a torque wrench - just pulled it down as hard as I could using one hand - on a normal ring key (spanner)! No problems - and no broken studs or stripped threads either!
I do a job where i have to undo and do up all manner of nuts and bolts in various states of corrosion and I do consider I have 'the touch' when it comes to applied torque levels but on cars I always use a torque wrench and would advise other to do so as well. It does always surprise me how loose bolts done up with one seem though.
Build up your tool kit by buying tools as you need them, it will spread the cost and in a few years you will have all you need. First purchase should be a workshop manual.
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