DAB

OK last month i was giving the car a blast when it developed a miss fire , when i got home i had a look around and lifted the oil filer cap off and the dreaded mayo was there , so head gasket it is , ordered the gasket all was well .

strip down began the miss fire was identified as a blown spark plug , i had the head of at this time so i had to fit a new one , head was checked and all was OK .

time for refit everything was cleaned and refitted all was looking well until torque down time, followed the recommended torque settings but 2 of the back set of bolts would not torque down fully , i reached a point where i thought nope that's enough this was 5 pounds under the recommended torque setting , i thought give it a try can always do it again drove it for a week and time for re torque , the back 2 bolts were re torqued but again i didn't have the confidence to go any further with them .

mayo is still present .

right no loss of power boosts up to 1.5 bar and drops .1 bar as it did before i had any probs .

no oil usage and no water present in the oil.
like wise no oil present in the water (header tank)
the cars does not smoke at all , just the usual condensation from the exhaust due to current outside temps in the morning .
the mayo is present in the breather system witch is a bailey system , i did clean this out when i did the gasket but it has returned as it has in the oil filler cap .

so am i back to square one has the gasket gone again due to the 2 rear bolts or am i paranoid .

another question i have is , it's obvious that there is a problem with where the head bolts go into the block as Ive removed one of the bolts (when the engine was cold) and re torqued it without the washer and it took (torqued up to recommended settings) , so is there a longer bolt i can use .

sorry to go on people but it's doing my head in , i am paranoid is this a case of condensation due to weather , or is it what i fear .


cheers in advance .

DAZ

DAB

one more thing to add , the car does not overheat either .

cheers again.


DAZ

DAB

nobody then

DAB

update , maybe you can answer this one lol.

done a compression test here are the results
NO1 (140)
NO2 (140)
NO3 (138)
NO4 (148)

how does that sound ?

also done a header tank sniff test (check for exhaust gasses in the coolant) , this check was clear also .

paranoia me thinks due to short runs ?

cheers

Chris69

wot sorta travelling do u do mate? cvh are renound for buildig the mayo crap if u only do short journeys etc altough it des sound like urs is producing alot

haz87

Gotta be paranoia! Have you taken it for a nice long proper run getting everything upto temperature etc?

DAB

cheers lads , usual journey is about 8 miles , i don't suppose it helped having no thermostat in the car , Ive fitted one now , took the car for a hard run and there is no sludge , so fingers crossed