Gibbon
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Hi,
I have a friend who's just bought a car (MG ZR) and the head gasket got replaced about 5k ago in the service history. If the head gasket is replaced what is the likelihood of it going again? or will it cope alright once its been replaced?
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myke
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depends on the reason it went.
No reason it shouldn't be perfect again providing whoever replaced it checked straightness on everything before re-assembling.
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ed
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Will be fine so long as it was replaced properly. Seeing as it's done 5k since it was replaced with no obvious issues it looks like it will be fine.
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Baskey
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depnds on how the cars driven, if the coolant ever went low etc
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Dave A
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if you are really worried about headgaskets going, dont bother owning a car, theres no point selling a car just because the head gasket might go one day!
on these engines using the correct grade, high quality coolant is very important.
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corsa sam
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The MG and Rover engines are prone for the headgaskets i have had so many in at the garage it is untrue.
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Dean_W
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quote: Originally posted by corsa sam
The MG and Rover engines are prone for the headgaskets i have had so many in at the garage it is untrue.
Everyone says that, but I ran my 1.4 K series metro about for ages with no water pump and a shagged rad.
Never went and never overheated
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Gibbon
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quote: Originally posted by corsa sam
The MG and Rover engines are prone for the headgaskets i have had so many in at the garage it is untrue.
Do you ever see them more than once?
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JM_16v
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if the head wasnt skimmed then it will largly increase the likelyhood of it occuring do you have a recipet for the works?
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Gibbon
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It doesnt say anything about skimming the head Is this a standard thing to do when the gasket goes? would garages normally do this?
[Edited on 15-05-2008 by Gibbon]
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VegasPhil
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quote: Originally posted by Gibbon
quote: Originally posted by corsa sam
The MG and Rover engines are prone for the headgaskets i have had so many in at the garage it is untrue.
Do you ever see them more than once?
Good question that
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