Originally Posted by
bruny
Yep headgasket is shot.as for the posture of the piston has nothing to do with this.it would cause oil damage not headgasket.cant be cracked head because surely the head was pressure tested when it had skim and valve seals.iv had this confirmed by 3 garages ive just been on the fone to.amd for in writing i was told nothing about head gasket issues.all i was told was piston 4 was a tad higher but was told to get a multi layer gasket to prevent damage.nothing to do with head gasket blowing.
Hi,
Sorry mate, I just "assumed" that it would have been in your work report that we advise to strip and rebuild but I accept I should have asked James if he did put that in writing first.
However,
I do remember sitting next to James when he had a lengthy discussion with you and advised you we
cannot guarantee a 1.5mm thick Multi Layer Steel head gasket unless we strip the engine and deck the block to the correct standard of finish and you specifically asked us to go ahead anyway as that was out of budget.
That part is clear in my mind, but I will dig out the work report when James comes back from testing with Kenny later as I would have expected him to reiterate that the correct solution for your engine was a strip and rebuild due to having three skimmed pistons and one standard.