Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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yeah a new gasket costs nothing, all labour, its an involved job, takes me about 8 hours just doing it in me own time not rushing, i tend to get distracted and start cleaning things on the way LOL
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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oh you will need a new set of head bolts too they are about £12 might as well change the cam belt and the tensioners if they are a bit noisey
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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wud i 1.6 sport head gasket fit on a 1.4 sport?
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p16vlv
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Registered: 15th Jun 02
Location: rossendale
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before you go to all that expence have you checked your carpet under the dash, could be your heater matrix leaking, just a thought.
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koolkorsa
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Registered: 15th Jun 03
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check my carpet under dash for a wetness i.e. a leak?
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p16vlv
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yes
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koolkorsa
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Registered: 15th Jun 03
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nope no wetness on carpet. Fing is tho the cars driving fine, if my head gasket had gone wouldnt i notice a drop in performance?
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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You might not notice any difference mate, there are many symptoms for a blown head gasket some times you have one some times a combination, i have just been cleaning the mating face of the cylinder block on my spare C16XE where the head fits on and you can see that all the oil/water ways and cylinder bores are real close together it dont take allot for the gasket to go between these, just get a garage to check it
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koolkorsa
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Registered: 15th Jun 03
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no probs i'll go down a garage 2moz prob.
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koolkorsa
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booked in 2moz for a service and sort out this coolant problem. Anything else i should get them to do while they're at it? If they do replace the head gasket they're gonna have my engine in pieces so are there any bits that i should replace while they're at it?
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