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p j morgan

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head gasket
« on: 20 November 2009, 03:00:59 »

i had overheating problems i thought the headgaskett was on its way out !i checked usual tell tale signs water in the oil ?no! oil in the water ?no! i took the thermostast out and it ran alright for a bit .then it started again water was comeing out of the bottom of the water pump .i stripped her down today [thursday] the water pump was solid in the block .after a bit of tapping and nocking it came out .it was covered in rust and after cleaning the bits of rust off i found there was a clean bit where the water had been leakinh out .i replaced the waterpump and fitted a new timeing belt all on my own it took me two hours .she is running as sweet as a nut .proud of myself i managed it with out any problems .first one i have done in twenty five years ! :y
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Re: head gasket
« Reply #1 on: 20 November 2009, 03:07:48 »

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i had overheating problems i thought the headgaskett was on its way out !i checked usual tell tale signs water in the oil ?no! oil in the water ?no! i took the thermostast out and it ran alright for a bit .then it started again water was comeing out of the bottom of the water pump .i stripped her down today [thursday] the water pump was solid in the block .after a bit of tapping and nocking it came out .it was covered in rust and after cleaning the bits of rust off i found there was a clean bit where the water had been leakinh out .i replaced the waterpump and fitted a new timeing belt all on my own it took me two hours .she is running as sweet as a nut .proud of myself i managed it with out any problems .first one i have done in twenty five years ! :y

Did Jake help you, or just sit in the car watching? ;D
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Re: head gasket
« Reply #2 on: 20 November 2009, 05:37:32 »

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i had overheating problems i thought the headgaskett was on its way out !i checked usual tell tale signs water in the oil ?no! oil in the water ?no! i took the thermostast out and it ran alright for a bit .then it started again water was comeing out of the bottom of the water pump .i stripped her down today [thursday] the water pump was solid in the block .after a bit of tapping and nocking it came out .it was covered in rust and after cleaning the bits of rust off i found there was a clean bit where the water had been leakinh out .i replaced the waterpump and fitted a new timeing belt all on my own it took me two hours .she is running as sweet as a nut .proud of myself i managed it with out any problems .first one i have done in twenty five years ! :y

Did Jake help you, or just sit in the car watching? ;D
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Well done mate... It's a great feeling to fix them when they're broken :y :y :y
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Re: head gasket
« Reply #3 on: 20 November 2009, 07:42:32 »

good work  :y

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Re: head gasket
« Reply #4 on: 20 November 2009, 12:06:33 »

Great feeling isn't it, fixing it yourself? :y :y :y
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Re: head gasket
« Reply #5 on: 20 November 2009, 12:38:19 »

could not get jake out of the car john .he wouldnt pass me any spanners . thanks for the remarks guys !it is nice to be able to do it yourself took a bit of doing but i am happy that she's running good. :y
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