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[bighed]

Yeah old git (dave) knows about oil leak as its him I bought senny off. Picked up my refurbed wheels today dave and bob said its head off for both jobs?

Thanks for advice andy!!!  

[old git]

Hi Andy
Long time since i was on the senny forum saw your posts quite a lot .I did say to biged that it may be the oil gallery and what it would need to fix just hope the leek area can be found you can eye ball it as the block will show signs where the oil has run down sort of clean .I had this on another senny just a pain in the backside if you hate oil drips.

[bighed]

Its not the oil drips that are bothering me really, I just keep thinking that if the seal round the oil gallery is going then the HG must be in the same way. As oil gallery seal is part of heag gasket is it not??

[Andy B]

Hi Andy
Long time since i was on the senny forum saw your posts quite a lot .I did say to biged that it may be the oil gallery and what it would need to fix just hope the leek area can be found you can eye ball it as the block will show signs where the oil has run down sort of clean .I had this on another senny just a pain in the backside if you hate oil drips.

The Yahoo forum?

As said I lived with it for a while till the water way failed & my hand was forced. Luckily at the time I had a garage I could get my car into, now I don't  . I did the Senator's head one January and just so I could keep my hand in, SWMBO's Hyundai decided to burn TWO valves out a couple of months later. Apparently they often did that! :-?

[old git]

yes it is but this gallery molding is probably no biger than your finger and is proud from the main line of the head sort of out of the main clamping forces maybe best to as ABS thier opinion

[Andy B]

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A new gasket on its own will set you back about £60, Payen is OE
 ......

I lied.
OE gasket is Reinz.  

[bighed]

yes it is but this gallery molding is probably no biger than your finger and is proud from the main line of the head sort of out of the main clamping forces maybe best to as ABS thier opinion

Already on that one  

[Andy B]

yes it is but this gallery molding is probably no biger than your finger and is proud from the main line of the head sort of out of the main clamping forces maybe best to as ABS thier opinion

[tunnie]

why not just buy a working Senator, lot cheaper!

[old git]

Untill you can actualy eye ball that area don't jump in.

[Christian]

But then the Bodywork is Garenteed no where near as good as this one  

[bighed]

But then the Bodywork is Garenteed no where near as good as this one  

This is very true chris. Now the little rust on back door and the micro blistering on front door is done, once cut back and mopped all over and new pin stripes she will look the mutts nutts!!!

Looking at HG in above pic tho, I was expecting the oil gallery to be at the back not up the one side???  :-/

[old git]

Maybe we can get it  to Bobs one day when the ramp is free and we can have a looksee.

[Christian]

That Gasket pic sounds about right.

The Oil is halway across the block but i could'nt see due to the Manifold Heatshield.

Realistically the Head gasket itself is fine but its the damn Oil gallery thats leaking!

The Senny is gunna be a stunna at PVS tho  

[bighed]

sure is mate. Now got wheels. They have been sandblasted and are in the senny boot.