head gasket

Post by **steve c** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:16 pm

hi, never been totaly happy with my suspect head gasket, car ran well, slight mayenaze in oil filler cap, but no obvious mixing of oil and water, but i did get a dribble of water and what looked like small air bubbles from the side of the head joint. + a small amount of oil appearing on the head studs? --i have taken the head off and the copper surface looks as if it has streaks running accross parts of it, the gasket has not blown in the normal way, i would be gratefull for any ideas on this before i fit the new gasket tomorrow, i have uploaded a photo of the gasket, and hopfully you can see the streaking on the surface, regards steve[frame]

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Post by **steve c** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:18 pm

this may be better pic[frame]

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Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:34 pm

Looks perfect - I would re-use it........ just joking really, but in my poor/student past I certainly reused gaskets much worse looking than that one! And never had any problems. Clean everything, smear of grease on both faces, torque the head down to 45 ft lbf - and retorque it after the first heat cycle - and reset the valve gaps.

Post by **steve c** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:57 pm

thanks BMC, it was the air bubbles and water sepping from the head joint that made me remove head to check, i will follow your advice on the new one, while i was in the garage getting dirty, i also removed the sump, ( leaking gasket at the rear) and the remains of oil in the sump had quite a lot of milkey muck in it, bit worrying as it was off and cleaned out only six months ago.

Post by **katy** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:43 pm

To ensure that the head is flat, check the head surface w/a good straight before you replace it.

Post by **lambrettalad** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:00 pm

Katy would you like to rephrase that

Post by **MarkyB** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:08 pm

Sigh.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:49 pm

Well said Marky....

Post by **lambrettalad** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:55 pm

Post by **katy** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:28 pm

Sorry if I offended anyone, but the moderator(s) never censored it.
There must be a language problem here as I don't understand the fuss. But then I'm only a colonial.

Post by **lambrettalad** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:37 pm

hi it's me ,not you and it appears to be a difference in the use of english,and differing sense of whats funny,whats local sayings etc so i'm the one to apologise .pm me if you want to know more.

Post by **katy** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:16 pm

PM sent

Post by **lambrettalad** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:07 pm

thank you

Post by **katy** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:01 pm

Aforementioned posting has been edited.
I'm chuckling, now that I've been educated by Alex.

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