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leewar
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Car breakdown.
« on: Aug 31st, 2011, 1:56am » |
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Hi Guys, The ultimate has happened and the headgasket has gone on my 2.0L. The temp guage went topside real quick, steam out of the exhaust followed by water then oil coming out of the air intake pipe. Had to be transported home by the AA. Not sure if it's worth repairing( never done a headgasket before)
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Matt
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #1 on: Aug 31st, 2011, 9:42am » |
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You need to take the head off and assess the damage, being a 2.0 it shouldnt of cracked the head between 2 and 3 but you need to check
head gasket kits are readily available
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #2 on: Aug 31st, 2011, 9:47am » |
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You will need to get the head faced because they warp,and use a new set of headbolts because they stretch,the timing chain tensioner can't be reused,they are about 30 quid.I thought to advise you of these things Lee so that you can add them to your estimate,good luck with it.
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leewar
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #3 on: Aug 31st, 2011, 9:49am » |
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Funny, of all the people on this site, I kinda guessed you would be one of the first to answer  When it went, I noticed that the back of the engine was smoking slightly. Never, ever done one before so i ask is it a pretty easy job for a first timer who,s good with his hands. The timing thing would be the thing that would baffle me. Lee
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #4 on: Aug 31st, 2011, 9:51am » |
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Gozz, I do have the old 2.0L still. Pinch the head and bolts from there 
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #6 on: Aug 31st, 2011, 12:22pm » |
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on Aug 31st, 2011, 9:51am, lleewar wrote:| Gozz, I do have the old 2.0L still. Pinch the head and bolts from there |
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No Lee, Bolts HAVE to be new ones, those on your doner car will have stretched.
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #7 on: Sep 1st, 2011, 2:54am » |
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on Aug 31st, 2011, 9:51am, lleewar wrote:| Gozz, I do have the old 2.0L still. Pinch the head and bolts from there |
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If that one is a good runner, it would be easier and cheaper to just swap the engines Lee
Cheers Dave
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #8 on: Sep 1st, 2011, 8:58am » |
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on Sep 1st, 2011, 2:54am, Dave2302 wrote:
If that one is a good runner, it would be easier and cheaper to just swap the engines Lee
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This is very true,definitely the best course of action if you have the wherewithal or access to it.
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #9 on: Sep 2nd, 2011, 1:23am » |
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W.ould love to do that but no equipment, no idea and billy no mates to boot
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #10 on: Sep 2nd, 2011, 6:39pm » |
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Lee,
Hire an engine crane locally for the weekend, use the workshop manual on here for a step by step guide on how to do it 
It is a lot simpler to unplug and unbolt an engine than swap a head and re-time it
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #11 on: Sep 2nd, 2011, 10:01pm » |
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Agree with Dave2302 - swapping an engine out is not that difficult with a crane or hoist [ Anyone remember those 'Haltrac' Gantry things ? ] and basic hand tools, just tackle everything logically.
I've done a fair few over the years and I'm only a DIYer.
I recall feeling a great sense of acheivement when I did the first one and proved a few people who told me I couldn't do it wrong.
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #12 on: Sep 9th, 2011, 8:32pm » |
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Problee quicker than rebuilding a head as well ~ Lee what was the original problem that stopped the grey Ultima from working, I've forgotten 
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #13 on: Sep 10th, 2011, 12:45am » |
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A spot of black ice and a crash barrier 
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #14 on: Sep 10th, 2011, 1:17pm » |
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Oh yeah! Which pranged the EDIS or something didn't it?
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #15 on: Sep 14th, 2011, 11:59am » |
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The whole front took the brunt. broken after that.
Getting back to my recent car, I think it has another problem in that I can push the car backwards and forwards in all the gears  Gearbox gone as well
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #16 on: Sep 14th, 2011, 12:28pm » |
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Yeah but no but you can do that with an automatic? It's only properly locked in 'Park' (by a pin).
No ratios can be engaged if there's no oil pressure, and there's no oil pressure because engine isn't running. (?)
Even if they could, torque converter will still just slip.
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #17 on: Sep 20th, 2011, 8:54pm » |
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Have seen a head gasket cure called "steel seal" at 29.99 and the write up for it and the satisfied customers are huge. Only one return out of 400. 100% guaranteed. Anyone seen it and what are your thoughts. Lee
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #18 on: Sep 20th, 2011, 9:40pm » |
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Theres a genuine ford one on ebay for 30 quid
I use the motaquip stuff myself
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Re: Car breakdown.
« Reply #19 on: Sep 20th, 2011, 9:53pm » |
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I have been on the steel seal website and used their stockist locator. It stated that 2 firms stocked it close to me but when I went to them they had never heard of it let alone stocked it.
If they lie about their stockists could they lie about their product?
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