here are a few pics of a mates car bar his driving what would have caused this
really pitted where the metal ring of the head gasket sits

cheeRS

 

just looks like carbon deposits in the pics.scrape it off using the flat of a stanley blade,then have another look.

 

just give it a quick scrape uploading pics now

 

 

is it not det eating the alloy head?

steve

 

could just be normal pitting that happens in alloy, looks like he needs antifreeze though

 

ive not seen a running engine that bad before, looks like its been stood for years,and the water( without antifreeze ) has gone from the waterway to the fire ring,and corroded the head,what was the gasket like?
pics can be deciving,but that doesnt look like it will skim out.
can you get det under the fire ring?i would have expected a lot more damage around gap between the valve if it was caused by det.
is it just the one cylinder that has the problem?

 

the engine had been stood for a while then fitted to a mates car only water put in the engine then but it was only on the road for a while ( 3 weeks ) then after a bit of a nailing one day he parked up then restarted but it was smoking real bad with a misfire and it was down on compression on number 3 which has the worse pitting , the gasked looked ok it was quite pitted on edge of valve and it was a bit pitted on all but real bad on 2 even worse on 3

 

any ideas peops

 

no i dont think it will skim out either its really deep

 

its fucked.

 

uh huh we know this but any idea what caused it

 

as already said, the engine has been sat for some time
alloy tends to corrode over time, will it can start in a couple days if left in damp conditions

 

What head gasket was it?

 

look's like someone fitted a head gasket before and not had the head skimed

 

you are correct
detonation is the cause

 

hi just standard as far as i know

 

we took the engine out of a running car and fitted it into a mk4 estate without doing anything to the engine
, but thanks for the input

 

HOLY 2008 BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!

 

I know the post above yours is just spam. link leads to nowhere.

 

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Sorry about the above link leading no where, what do you think my gasket failure was caused by?

 

Wrong link:

 

There can be many causes of head gasket failure, the usual being block or head faces that are not completely flat (this includes localised low spots such as between cylinders on blocks), cylinder head lift due to inadequate head bolt clamping, abnormal running conditions such as detonation or extermely high temperatures, and of course the use of substandard headgaskets and components.

I cannot comment on any of the above problems on your engine, except to say you are using a very low quality head gasket, so that alone could be your problem. Use a genuine Ford/Payen head gasket and see how it goes. If it blows with that fitted you have one or more of the issues Ive listed above!!

 

Thanks Karl, I thought that was a Payen gasket that I have got?

 

If it is a payen its certainly not an RS turbo one.