astravanman
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Registered: 4th Apr 04
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i have rescently blown the head gasket on my xe and i dont know what to do any ideas peeps
1 do the head
2 buy a cossy head for it and do that
3 sell it and buy a turbo lump
any other ideas off what to do and if i fix the head will it go porouses again thanxs
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Replace the headgasket perhaps? Simple enough job compared to what you plan to do 
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astravanman
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k lol but i thought it would be cheaper to get a cossy head as they dont go porous lol
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
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no, they are LESS likely to go porous, there are no guarantee's, i've seen a few gunge filled coscast heads in the past
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ed
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Is your head porous though? Although the GM heads are prone to going porous as the oil galery is too damn close to the coolent gallery, it is not as common a problem as people lead you to belive. Also, to replace a head gasket you are looking at £20 for the gasket, £20 for a timing belt, some oil and a Sunday afternoons work. Where as to replace the head you are looking at around £250 for the head, plus all the work you need to do to swap one over - I think they need to be skimmed before you can fit them from another engine second hand too...
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Adam_B
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will need to be skimmed anyway.... only £25 tho
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