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[Martin_1962]

Fitted yesterday, removed tonight, can I reuse tomorrow or do I need a new one, done about five miles before finding the problem

[tunnie]

I would say no as they are designed to stretch when fitted.

[markey mark]

i wouldnt have a problem with reuseing them martin 

[JamesV6CDX]

1) As crazy as it sounds, it would probably run OK

2) However, for the low cost of a gasket and a few bolts, and given that you want to keep the car for some time - the only thing to do is to replace them. 

By the way - was the gasket fitted correctly?

[Ghost]

if you want to do the job correctly then get new gasket and bolts, its very risky to try and use used ones again. ( its not worth the hassel )

[Omega man 2]

I wouldn't :-/

[espen22]

No to the gasket, thats a bad idea. the bolts are not stretching like they should when they are reused so u are risking a head gasket failure over time, but i have done it on my own cars a couple of times..

[Martin_1962]

1) As crazy as it sounds, it would probably run OK

2) However, for the low cost of a gasket and a few bolts, and given that you want to keep the car for some time - the only thing to do is to replace them. 

By the way - was the gasket fitted correctly?

Gasket was upside down - I had heat stroke and was working while a bit out of it.

Depends if I can get one tomorrow

[JamesV6CDX]

1) As crazy as it sounds, it would probably run OK

2) However, for the low cost of a gasket and a few bolts, and given that you want to keep the car for some time - the only thing to do is to replace them. 

By the way - was the gasket fitted correctly?

Gasket was upside down - I had heat stroke and was working while a bit out of it.

Depends if I can get one tomorrow

Oops!

Well - I left a follower out - I'm glad someone else can make a mistake also

Glad you sorted it though mate - at least you can sort it now 

[Andy B]

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Gasket was upside down  ......

What are your cam support bearings like? I lnow it's not been driven far, but it seems you've had no oil flow to the heads. 

[Martin_1962]

1) As crazy as it sounds, it would probably run OK

2) However, for the low cost of a gasket and a few bolts, and given that you want to keep the car for some time - the only thing to do is to replace them. 

By the way - was the gasket fitted correctly?

Gasket was upside down - I had heat stroke and was working while a bit out of it.

Depends if I can get one tomorrow

Oops!

Well - I left a follower out - I'm glad someone else can make a mistake also

Glad you sorted it though mate - at least you can sort it now 

4 days off the road though now - it did go well on the test drive even though it was noisy.

It survived because I had smothered it in oil.

For a little drive it was nearly 3.0 performance - until it got too noisy.

[Martin_1962]

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Gasket was upside down  ......

What are your cam support bearings like? I lnow it's not been driven far, but it seems you've had no oil flow to the heads. 

7 are fine, 1 has slight surface marks. Looks OK.

Cam is fine.Cams are fine

It will do anyway, if it does go bad I will refit the original head after refurbishing it.

However I cannot remove 135 without doing 246 as well

[Andy B]

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However I cannot remove 135 without doing 246 as well

Why's that?  :-/

[Martin_1962]

It might not have been far but I tipped a lot of oil over them before fitting the cam cover.

Worst case I just rebuild old 135, so better stock up on gaskets ect

[Martin_1962]

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However I cannot remove 135 without doing 246 as well

Why's that?  :-/

Can't remove 135 without moving the coolant pipe, can't unbolt that with 246 in the way.

I have short fingers and wide hands.