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purple-rocket
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anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgasket
« on: May 30th, 2006, 10:04pm » |
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as above on a v6 12v 2.9 auto, broke down yesterday got fetched home on back of a flatbed truck, also problem with kickdown,
any help would be a god send
Paul
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Re: anyone in Grimsby area fany doing a headgasket
« Reply #1 on: May 30th, 2006, 11:01pm » |
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Are you sure it needs a head gasket (and if so, which)? Most of the failures I've heard of tend to be on the 4-cyl engines - don't recall hearing of a standard 12V 2.9 needing one...
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Re: anyone in Grimsby area fany doing a headgasket
« Reply #2 on: May 30th, 2006, 11:54pm » |
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dont know which one but theres the cream gung in the oil filler cap and water kicks out of the header tank
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Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
« Reply #3 on: May 31st, 2006, 9:10pm » |
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You may be able to tell by checking the spark plugs. If water is leaking into the cylinder(s) then those should be a different colour, but you'll have noticed lots of white smoke from the exhaust before it died. Obviously if you can find which one has gone it saves you time and money doing both...
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Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
« Reply #4 on: May 31st, 2006, 10:50pm » |
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didnt notice any smoke coming from rear, but then i was to busy wishing it would get me home lol
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Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
« Reply #5 on: Jun 1st, 2006, 12:35pm » |
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I suppose If you live in Grimsby replacing an engine head gasket amounts to high excitement.
It'll be the talk of the town for weeks 
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purple-rocket
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Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
« Reply #6 on: Jun 1st, 2006, 6:55pm » |
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well mr floppy some ones got to live here and i drew the short straw
luckly i wasnt born and bred here that was in good old sheffield, but came here for day and ended up staying for life 
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