Head Gasket

[JaxoSaxo]

Did a service (40000mile)on my car on friday and noticed that there is oil blowing out from the o/s bottom of the head. Has anyone else had a problem with head gasket or am I the unlucky fuker!?
If so did you just nip the head bolts a little bit or should I just go for the whole job, ie: Head gasket, Belt, Skimmed head, New bolts, Manifold gasket etc...

[Ratty]

you sure its not the rocker gasket? cos thats common to go

[WestyVTR]

ant idea of the price of a rocker gasket!?

[andy51086]

a fiver

[JaxoSaxo]

no its definately the head smileys/smiley19.gif
i had to change the rocker on my old sax

[shauns_saxovts]

what kind of problems are you having mate? sometimes my car blows wet watery black crap down the sides of the lower parts of my car and pisses me off,when i went to get it checked at the garage matey tested the rad and it had a hole in hence the watery crap down the sides of the car,have had the rad changed since and everything was fine till yesterday when driving down the mway average speed at 80mph gets to a stop and see's the black watery crap down the sides of the car again but not as bad as last time! smileys/smiley5.gif

[Wolz]

smileys/smiley5.gif O/S front part of the head/block is where the main Oil gallery is feeding oil to the head its pretty common for the head gasket to go by there .....definitly the head gasket m8 how bad is it leaking out smileys/smiley13.gif

[shauns_saxovts]

well when i had the rad changed i asked the guy to check the headgasket and he said it was o.k!but im confinced it aint so

[JaxoSaxo]

its not too bad, but im going to get it done anyway i think. i get all the parts trade and i can do it myself anyway so it souldn't be too bad. Fukin typical when i have to save up for insurance tho smileys/smiley7.gif

[shauns_saxovts]

jaxosaxo did you experience any black watery shite blowing down the sides of your car?

[JaxoSaxo]

jaxosaxo did you experience any black watery shite blowing down the sides of your car?
i havent noticed any smileys/smiley5.gif ill have another look tomorrow.

[shauns_saxovts]

o.k just that i was getting it before my rad blew but my dad may of thought it was the headgasket doing it but obviously it wasnt.

[WOLZE]

Its not the water side of the gasket that is leaking its the oil port which is on the o/s front of the block it can leak and will not affect the water system so checking the water side wont make any difference smileys/smiley2.gif

[irishjohn]

when u take the head off to do the gasket get it skimmed at a machine shop it will bump ur compression up a bit to get a bit more power and give the gasket a nice smooth surface to seal to

[shauns_saxovts]

hmm not sure took my car out for a drive last night and was a bit wet outside etc and i checked the sides of me car after and it was o.k,didnt have any black watery crap down the sides.