pete mcrash

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..........have they ever let go....cos i'm in "headgasket" failier troubles at the mo but these gasket are ment to be bullet proof.....so i'm thinking head or block................enqueiring minds want to know

Alps Pacino

pete apparently the head and block face has to absolutly prestine and 100% flat for these to work properly, or so i was once told.

Why dont you just bite the bullet and take the head off, its going to have to come off anyway

righthooker

I had one ,FORD fitted it years ago when i lived in Germany.
It lasted 500 miles ,as Mark says the block and head faces must be pretty cock on .

Mine obviously wernt the first time i took it over 140 it was white steam every where

pete mcrash

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mine were....it lasted a year so must have been.....alps....its one of those...i'd rather wait till i had the money to get it ported etc....at the mo i'd have to use my plastic...................

Alps Pacino

righthooker

chuuuuuuuuuuuuu chu

righthooker

Exactly thomas the tank engine had fook all on me that day ,was well pissed off.Took ages for the recovery truck too

Mike Rainbird

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You only have problems with them if they ae incorrectly fitted, or have a fault with them. I have only heard of two having faults (out of hundreds fitted), so I would be more inclined to believe you have a cracked block or head.

righthooker

Pete, you know you have a problem(no not that one )

Bite the bullit and get the head off it ,the problem aint going to go away
At least then you know one way or another,get the head checked and the block.If they are ok all you need is a new gasket

pete mcrash

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..............my thoughts aswell......................hope it's the head....then i can uprate........(say to his misses......yeh it'll cost a bit for a new head.... )..........

pete mcrash

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...........the first thing i said was.....what if the turbo water jacket is cracked and leaking boost into the cooling system.....every body said....."no way".....so i'm trying that next and removing the water to the turbo........

Mark Shead

I have had 2 gaskets fail, 1 had a couple of long studs sitting slightly proud of the block which caused the fault, The other had no apparent fault other than the engine was biult 7 years before.

Mark

pete mcrash

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.....so if it is the gasket (which i hope)....should i just stick a group a on.....

Mark Shead

Find out first why it went.

Mark

pete mcrash

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know what ur saying..........cheers

Nash

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Whats the car doing exactly Pete?

My mates got the same gasket and is having a few weird cooling problems.

pete mcrash

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......blowing rad up.......4 infact...........no over heating, no exhaust gases in water, no oil/water, no stains on the block......but the more power/boost i give it....the more pressure in the system,take it easy and no pressure................head fuck

Alps Pacino

is there any way the turbo could be leaaking into the water system?

pete mcrash

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.....have u looked up and read the thread.......

col cos1

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got to admit pete i find the cometic fine and value for money

i checked with andy who built my engine for me and my block wasent decked and no leaks

Nash

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My mates is different to that. No oil contamination etc and wont overheat when its being hammered. Then it will just get hot at random times when sitting at 40-60mph.

Alps Pacino

I tend to skip your post and read the interesting ones instead

Mike Rainbird

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Gatecrasher had this happen to his car - it turned into a chu-chu train . Disconnecting the water from the turbo cured the problem.....

foreigneRS

would depend where any crack is as to what the symptoms would be

a fault between the water jacket and the turbine side would result in a loss of water and a lot of steam out of the exhaust

a fault on the compressor side would also lead to water loss off boost (with the water being sucked into the engine and creating steam out of the exhaust) and possible pressurisation of the cooling system (although it runs at similar pressure to boost pressure anyway)

either way, doesn't particularly sound like that is pete's problem

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...so its just pressure yes?..no oil in water?..no water in oil?..is it using any water at lower boost?

..edit just read that to be the case

pete mcrash

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....no...no steam.....just going to take the head off....fuck it...as for using water... ...i cant tell as it blows a hole in the rad as soon as u give it some..........

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..well deffo gasket or cracked block..i'd go with block as the wrc gasket is very rare to fail.

..fingers crossed mate that i am as usual totally wrong

RWD_cossie_wil

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how is the head held on? Std bolts, long studs or ARP's?

Fiecos Dan

Test's need to be done.



* Possible faults

coolant temps
Head/block crack,
Headgasket,
Turbo core
Header cap ratings, but if nothing else wrong, wont be a issue



1st off i'd do a

- check the coolant system is running at sensible temps, 87-94oC.
- Comp test
- Pressure check each cylinder @ 100+psi for at least 30 mins each, with gauge on coolant system,
- Coolant system pressure test, inc testing the header cap rating.
- take the car for a spin with pressure gauge on coolant, and if it goes above 5psi on normal driving @ normal running temps, and below 15 psi on a little thrash.

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If coolant pressure dont move on cyclinder press test, then usually the h/g, head and the block is fine.
If coolant pressure jumps up after a/few short blasts, then the h/g, head, block or turbo fault.

pete mcrash

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dan pack ur stuff and head up the A1.............

pete mcrash

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