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(Message started by: purple-rocket on May 30^th, 2006, 10:04pm)

Title: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgasket
Post by purple-rocket on May 30^th, 2006, 10:04pm

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

Title: Re: anyone in Grimsby area fany doing a headgasket
Post by sector-9 on May 30^th, 2006, 11:01pm

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...

Darren

Title: Re: anyone in Grimsby area fany doing a headgasket
Post by purple-rocket on May 30^th, 2006, 11:54pm

dont know which one but theres the cream gung in the oil filler cap and water kicks out of the header tank

Title: Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
Post by sector-9 on May 31^st, 2006, 9:10pm

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...

Darren

Title: Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
Post by purple-rocket on May 31^st, 2006, 10:50pm

didnt notice any smoke coming from rear, but then i was to busy wishing it would get me home lol

Title: Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
Post by mr._floppy on Jun 1^st, 2006, 12:35pm

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 ;D

Title: Re: anyone in Grimsby area fancy doing a headgaske
Post by purple-rocket on Jun 1^st, 2006, 6:55pm

well mr floppy some ones got to live here and i drew the short straw ;D

luckly i wasnt born and bred here that was in good old sheffield, but came here for day and ended up staying for life }{