chucky24

hi has anyone got any ideas what could be wrong with my car as it keeps getting real hot....ie the water tank keeps filling up i thought it was the head gasket but there is no smoke coming from the car there is no water in the oil i have took the stat out and the water is circulating ok i went out in it last night and it was going really well..lol well to be honest it was fast as fuck then it blew the water tank cap off any ideas before i take the head off.... and are the felpo gaskets any good?????

Oranoco

At a guess I would say the headgasket is letting go which is pressurising the cooling system.

Felpro are shite!!! the best CVH gasket is the standard Ford or Payern, ZVH may be slightly different but I'm sure one of the boys can and will advise soon for you

rapidonion

i use the payern gasket on my 1.8 zvh and its given me no problems. i did get a felpro at first but the fire rings were a sh it match for the cylinders! so never used it......

rsdan123

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cosmetic 86mm multi-layer... thats what i had after my felpro gave up! they cost around me around £85... there also ment to be re-usable but i wouldn't risk it!

luke19790_3

i reused my cometic gasket with no issues.

standard ford gasket is best or payern

nevsrevs

bulb gets brighter befor it blows

clarke5700

try a rad cap (header tank) just to be 100% sure the cooling system is ment to pressurized some times a weak cap can be the problem. whats the temps like when it lets go??

coswurv

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Best gasket for these is the sitech racing multi layer gasket, had nothing but Agro with failpro !!

AJC

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I would use a steel head gasket with our refacing the head and block

AJC

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Wouldn't sorry. Not would

GARETH T

Don't run without the stat for a long period of time, it's there to CONTROL cylinder head temperatures (cht's) which is important for many reasons

muz

You can't use a Ford/Payen gasket if it's a '2.1' as the bores are too big. You can on the 1.8 though. I'd have the head welded up and use a Focus RS gasket like I do. They come in 3 thicknesses aswell depending on how much your heads been skimmed.

luke19790_3

burtons list one, not sure if its right

http://www.burtonpower.com/cv704.html

bezo

Call Sitech racing. They sell zvh cometic head gaskets.

luke19790_3

sitech do one to but £200

http://sitechracing.co.uk/products-ford.asp

bezo

That's the old style of head gasket. The new head gasket is made by cometic.

chucky24

Cheers guys sold the bitch now... Got a crystal blue cossie......

luke19790_3

how much did you get?

rsdan123

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Lol exactly what i done... Sold my ZVH fiesta and bought a crystal blue 2wd saph!
What spec she running mate?