Morris Minor Owners Club

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][/frame]

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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.

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.

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

Katy would you like to rephrase that

Sigh.

Well said Marky....

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.

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.

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thank you

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I'm chuckling, now that I've been educated by Alex.