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astravanman

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11th Oct 04 at 14:41

as title help needed please

astravanman

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11th Oct 04 at 14:46

anyone

aceman

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11th Oct 04 at 15:01

not really it will fit but you would need to be blind wots the prob

[Edited on 11-10-2004 by aceman]

astravanman

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11th Oct 04 at 15:03

well i brought a new head fitted it and the gasket has gone again but the other way round water in the oil lol but it was a new head i brought

aceman

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11th Oct 04 at 15:16

could be poris could be warrped not sure were do come from

Greasemonkey

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11th Oct 04 at 15:27

yes cos the gasket will say top/oben on it, which has to face upwards

AdamF

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11th Oct 04 at 17:48

yes you can put it on the worng way but it will block off oil and water ways.

i told you to skim the head

astravanman

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11th Oct 04 at 22:21

i brought a new fucking head got it skimmed and prusure tested and now the gasket has gone just andune it and the gasket doesnt say top or bottum on it lol

James R

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12th Oct 04 at 06:38

The headgasket can only go on one way correctly as the wrong way and the oil feed in the middle of the block doesn't line up correctly, and no you can't put a head on backwards cause the timing gear wouldn't go on. unless it's a SRE reverse head, but they don't grow on trees.

Siberia

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12th Oct 04 at 08:28

quote:
Originally posted by j1400
The headgasket can only go on one way correctly as the wrong way and the oil feed in the middle of the block doesn't line up correctly, and no you can't put a head on backwards cause the timing gear wouldn't go on. unless it's a SRE reverse head, but they don't grow on trees.

maybe ya could put the belt around the clutch

aceman

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12th Oct 04 at 09:20

yea i've done a head or 2 where there is no writing.there is a oil feed its a little circle with a hole at the back of the block right in the center
/-----.------/
/------------/
yea i know good diagram,did you ues new strech bolts and how long before it blows?

James R

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12th Oct 04 at 09:23

I've used the same twice now with no problems so far, there's not that much torque through them.
The other give away normally is the dowels in the block mean it will only fit on one way round too.

aceman

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12th Oct 04 at 09:27

the gasket can still physically fit back to front up side down or both but its obvious about the head no one is that stupid

astravanman

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12th Oct 04 at 14:21

i mean the gasket on the wrong way dick head cant u read lol it blow as soon as i turned the key the oil was funning i have stripped it now and the oil in thje head is all white but in the bottum end the oil is fine and in the sump what could this be thanxs

James R

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12th Oct 04 at 16:06

Well, no you shouldn't be able to put it on the wrong way in theory, but you'd have to be partially sighted, line up the oil feed and it will be right.

ainsley_brader

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12th Oct 04 at 16:34

Well when you took the head off was the gasket the right way round?

Was it a NEW or a secondhand head?

Ains

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12th Oct 04 at 17:44

either the block is warped or a faulty unit, try another gasket and make sure when you put it on that all the water and oil ways match up etc and torque it down correctly in the right sequence

astravanman

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13th Oct 04 at 16:20

i am going to try a new gasket how can i tell if the block is worped lol and it was a new gasket

AdamF

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13th Oct 04 at 16:47

there is no 100% accurate way while it is in the car but you can be 99% sure with a metal ruler and fellur gagues put the ruler accros the block and see if you can get the gagues under

astravanman

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13th Oct 04 at 17:31

ok kool

astravanman

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13th Oct 04 at 18:26

what r fellur gagues

broster

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