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Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 08:58

is that a fair price from a garage considering i'm supplying the parts?

done it once and it leaked so gonna give it to a garage for some assurance.

thanks

Rileysport

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27th Jul 06 at 09:00

sounds fair

Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 09:03

£40 an hour tho

lol

i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.

thanks

[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]

Tommy

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27th Jul 06 at 09:07

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec

i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.

[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]

Now Terry your repeating yourself, but thats ok drunk cant people cant help that, the chemical reaction happening inside your brain causes you to forget that your saying

Rileysport

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27th Jul 06 at 09:07

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
£40 an hour tho lol

i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.

thanks

[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]

did you go by the book, make sure everything was spotless, use gm headgasket?

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27th Jul 06 at 09:07

did you skim the head the first time?

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27th Jul 06 at 09:31

Sounds like a bargain. But only if the head is being skimmed because it needs to if the gasket has gone...

Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 09:36

it waqs skimmed the first time and a GM head gaket was used from autovaux.

and i used the haynes with torx and angle gauge info

Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 09:38

quote:
Originally posted by LoudandLow

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec

i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.

[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]

Now Terry your repeating yourself, but thats ok drunk cant people cant help that, the chemical reaction happening inside your brain causes you to forget that your saying

you like eminem, good for you

Dave A

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27th Jul 06 at 10:33

are you 100% sure its the head gasket?

its difficult to get them wrong if you have followed the book! get some pics up of the leak, lets have a look.

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27th Jul 06 at 11:23

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec

quote:
Originally posted by LoudandLow

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec

i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.

[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]

Now Terry your repeating yourself, but thats ok drunk cant people cant help that, the chemical reaction happening inside your brain causes you to forget that your saying

you like eminem, good for you

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Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 11:27

the streets will do

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27th Jul 06 at 11:43

what you having done? just the gasket?

Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 11:46

the coolant piped behind the engine is where alot of the oil is as well, there kinda soaked, then the oil drips off the sump at the bottom.

yer just the gasket.

Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 11:49

quote:
Originally posted by ed
Sounds like a bargain. But only if the head is being skimmed because it needs to if the gasket has gone...

it's excluding the head kit and head skimmed as i have had that done.

Dave A

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27th Jul 06 at 14:36

are you sure that the block wasnt cracked between the oilway and atmosphere?

thats loads of oil! cant see it being the gasket, I would think theres a defect in the head or block.

Corsa E-Tec

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27th Jul 06 at 15:22

ok thanks dave.

the heads been pressure tested and skimmed so might be the block.

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27th Jul 06 at 15:25