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[paul_g]

Thanks for that .this will be the second time i have had the head done . Won't know until tomorrow

[Temetsy]

Is your car's cooling working properly? Running too hot might destroy head gasket very fast

[PhilRich]

Car now at the garage thay are looking at it in morning but when o dropes it off he say it looks like the head gaskit has gone . So will find out more tomorrow night when i go back . Thanks fpr all your advice on this for now  . Will post on here when i know .

A 'Real' Mechanic i.e. one who actually knows his arse from his elbow AND can actually give a f***, would fully inspect the car first, not make a half arsed throwaway judgement when you've just dropped the car off!
My youngest lad has just finished doing the head gasket on my old 2.2 cdx (under my supervision as i'm no longer fit enough bodily) & the parts cost iro £60 plus new oil & coolant. The job took two days at an easy pace. The Head may not even need skimming! If it does, it should only cost around £45 including all new studs & nuts. As for the question, 'can the head be skimmed twice'? It depends entirely on how much was taken off last time + whatever is needed this time (if any). Vauxhall say the head should not be skimmed - end of! The Head measurement iirc is supposed to be 134mm between both planed surfaces and 1mm = approx 40 thousandths of an inch should be the absolute maximum taken off a 2.2 Omega head in my experience.

[SIR Philbutt]

The two times I have had a H/G go, removing the plugs and looking into cylinder (with a light) easily showed water present on top of the cylinder. Dipping also showed the same.

My recent exploits with a missfire clicky turned out to be a inlet vacuum problem, which I eventually traced to decayed gasket between the EGR manifold and the head.

This is at the back of the head where there is also coolant (and the temp guage sensor)

Get a mirror and torch and look/feel around there before removing the head

HTH
Phil

[paul_g]

Thanks i had to put the wire back on the temp plug a few months ago .it is now in hands of the garage . Thay will let me know by dinner time tomorrow . Thay have said if thay do the head it will be £600. Plus

[Steve B]

Did you read posts 4 & 5 

[paul_g]

Yes i have i will pay someone other than a garage to do it if cheaper i will help but can only do weekends as i say just have to wait until the garage tells me . When i was running it on tick over there was steam coming out of thr oil filler cap when removed and mayo just starting to form on it .

[symes]

not being funny but leak could be inlet manifold or maybe a crack in head that opens when hot

[Temetsy]

It is normal to get some steam when you remove filler cap from a hot/running engine. And mayo is formed to the cap when you drive short trips so condension water mixes with breathing fumes and forms mayo on filler cap

[symes]

It is normal to get some steam when you remove filler cap from a hot/running engine. And mayo is formed to the cap when you drive short trips so condension water mixes with breathing fumes and forms mayo on filler cap

mainly on v6 not so much on four

[paul_g]

I was wondering if it is a crack in the head . There is also a smell of fuel in the header tank to . This is also pressure riseing too . It runns smoothly when cold then miss fires . And loosing coolang .. when warm

[symes]

maybe inlet then?-easier to check than head eh mate---isnt inlet water cooled? cant remember-been ages since I touched one-if  it is then leak there could allow water and fuel to mix---no ?

[paul_g]

When looking at it there is water pipes going to it but it may be the auto choke or i may be wrong as not that good with stuf like that . Only know the basics . Thanks to all your help and advice is more the welcome 

[symes]

if top rad hose balloons up when engine hot--could be head or wrong gasket--ie cheap pattern one

[paul_g]

When the head was done about four years ago i got genuine parts  just dont know what to do with it at the moment    as i love the car when it is running nice its like new smooth