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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 
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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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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 ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010675.jpg) 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 ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/04102010672.jpg) 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 ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010676.jpg) Marked up so i dont fook the timing up ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010678.jpg) started with the cams ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010679.jpg) then out ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010680.jpg) head bolts off and alittle messing about and off she comes ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010681.jpg) Pistons arnt to bad i hope lol head off and ready for skimming ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010683.jpg) And need to get this drilled out as i snapped it off when i put the manifold on ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sennatupac/07102010682.jpg) 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 
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Yeah i seen were it leaked from twas the front
Sold the car now
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SOLD THE CAR?!?!?!?! 
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yep sorry new thread starting soon
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yep sorry new thread starting soon Intriguing... 
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You would Looking forward to it  I will also be starting a new thread soon... any idea what that is mr Gillylilly?  ...no not the mini.
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Ive also seen the pics on FB
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**waits patiently** .....
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**waits impatiently** for them to appear here... 
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