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Title: head gasket
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 20 February 2009, 18:06:31

Ive seen a miggy up for sale round by me it says head gasket gone....now how hard are these to do and are they worth doing?

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: pscocoa on 20 February 2009, 18:13:48

you will get varied messages on this - but one issue maybe having the head skimmed

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: PaulW on 20 February 2009, 18:15:20

Are you sure its not just oil cooler being misdiagnosed??

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: markey mark on 20 February 2009, 18:16:33

depends on which engine and if you can work magic with spanners  :D

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 20 February 2009, 18:45:23

Apparently you don't have to get the heads skimmed ;)

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: markey mark on 20 February 2009, 19:06:42

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Apparently you don't have to get the heads skimmed ;)

if it has overheated yes you do daz  :y

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 February 2009, 19:10:14

We dont know what engien or what are the symptoms.

And no, you skim a head when it measures to be out of true.....the key thing is the measure bit  :y

Title: Re: head gasket
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 20 February 2009, 19:25:53

Forget it guys the person selling does not want to answer any questions about the car so i`m walking away from it....not worth the hassle i reckon even if it is £200.... :-X