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spinking #434129 26th Sep 2010 9:27am
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Just do the gasket mate. The tensioner will only come outward from the engine, so there is no risk at all that it can drop - just get the motor to TDC, and tip tie the chain tight to keep tension on th bottom pulley so it doent jump a tooth, though if the engine is at TDC it wont really make a difference - you wll just lose alignment of the silver markers on the chain.

Only thing thats a bit tricky is 1 water hose, which is a bit fiddly to get at, other than that its pretty straigh forward.

The reason temp gauges dont always show hot when the car over heats is that the engine runs out of water (this has happened here), and there is no water for the sensor to read, and hot air doesnt measure as hot. It wouldnt matter where the sensor was, if there was no water in the engine, the gauge wont show it over heating.

Tbh if you say there is a lot of water in the cylinder Tony, you may need to check the pistons for det also, though I doubt you have had much of a chance to "toe" it yet frown


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spinking #434733 28th Sep 2010 10:08pm
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Well i have ordered Cosworth SR20DET metal head gasket thought it was 1.2 but its 1.5 yaay.

Head will be off monday and sent straight off for skimming so could be back on the road by the 10th (not got many days off lol)


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spinking #436056 7th Oct 2010 6:37pm
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Managed to finaly get round to doing the head/taking it off anyway.

This is the 1st time i have ever done this so was a learning curve aswell lol

Drained the oil the BROWN oil lol

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I tried to get around taking the head off by not taking the plenum off but wasnt to sure if it could be done after some advice of a mate who did his hg on his sr acouple of months ago i gave in and started taking the plenum off by this time i ran out of light so left the car like this aweek ago

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Hit the car up again today after much moaning off the wife.

The suport brackets for the planum were a pain in the arse but once out the way came off nice and easy

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Marked up so i dont fook the timing up

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started with the cams

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then out

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head bolts off and alittle messing about and off she comes

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Pistons arnt to bad i hope lol

head off and ready for skimming

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And need to get this drilled out as i snapped it off when i put the manifold on

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Got a 1.6mm cosworth headgasket for the car fingers crossed the heads not warped.

Took so many pics so i can see what goes were when i put it back together sure i will still mess it up lol

Hoping by the 17th the car will run again (not off work till then lol)


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Can you see where the gasket has failed?

Check the top of the pistons and top of the bores for det wink


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StuyMac #439619 27th Oct 2010 10:44pm
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Yeah i seen were it leaked from twas the front

Sold the car now


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spinking #439624 27th Oct 2010 11:23pm
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SOLD THE CAR?!?!?!?! omg


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polo_phil #442885 12th Nov 2010 12:24am
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yep sorry new thread starting soon


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spinking #442926 12th Nov 2010 9:46am
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Originally Posted by spinking
yep sorry new thread starting soon


Intriguing... confused

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i know what it is wink

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You would frown Looking forward to it smile
I will also be starting a new thread soon... any idea what that is mr Gillylilly? shifty ...no not the mini.

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Ive also seen the pics on FB wink


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**waits patiently** .....

polo_phil #444334 17th Nov 2010 12:40pm
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**waits impatiently** for them to appear here... somad


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