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Author Topic: cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?  (Read 988 times)

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gravygranules

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cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?
« on: 13 January 2009, 00:44:04 »
cam seal gasket 's needed doin for a cpl of mnths but the other morning whilst coming home from work there was a smokescreen behind me for a while..followed by the heater ' blowing cold air whilst on hot' and the temp gauge going into the red..until i eased off the throttle when i returned to normal and then back up(about 5miles home) anyways..all water had gone...expansion take smelled of petrol...now...is it a major job im looking at here...ive a friend who's a bit of a petrol head and keen to give it a go..anything special im gonna need?...besides the gaskets and head bolts?..he says maybe waped head?...costly?....anybody?...thanks..
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Re: cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2009, 00:45:43 »
forgot to say...2ltr engine
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Re: cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2009, 03:34:40 »
unless your friend is very much ok with doing this job forget it the head is aluminium so a skim is a must best left to a proper mech costs between £350 - £500 sorry :( :(
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Re: cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?
« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2009, 08:21:38 »
2.0 engine is easy enough......and I would not skim a head by default, measure it first.

A skim would be abour 25-30 quid if needed.

Parts would be up to 200 quid depending if the cambelt needs renewing at the same time
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Re: cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?
« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2009, 03:29:56 »
thanks chaps...also forgot to say...cam belt changed 6-7 months ago
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Re: cam seal and head gasket gone....difficult?
« Reply #5 on: 14 January 2009, 07:10:40 »
 manifold studs a pain, shear/unscrew....
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