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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Disco on 08 February 2009, 18:12:08
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hi,can anyone tell me how much id expect to pay to have new head gasket fitted to 99 cdx 2.5td please and how big a job is it as DIY thanks :-[
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What makes you think you have a failed head gasket would be the first question...what are the symptoms? :y
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What makes you think you have a failed head gasket would be the first question...what are the symptoms? :y
Its a Diesel ;)
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Still might be diagnosed wrong? lol
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yes its td,water is leaking out the side of engine at head gasket location and when filler cap is off the water is being pumped back out of filler tank also heater dosent blow warm.thanks
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not cheap matey if the head is warped will need a new head £0000s !!! :( :(
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didnt think it would be,looks like one for the scap yard then...thanks anyway
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Whats your location?
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im in derby mate
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BMW state this head cannot be skimmed. So if HG failed (or more likely head cracked) it can be bad news.
Has it overheated at some point?
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BMW state this head cannot be skimmed. So if HG failed (or more likely head cracked) it can be bad news.
Has it overheated at some point?
Hasn't Jimbobs mate done this, I know its early days but would be interesting to see how long it runs for.
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BMW state this head cannot be skimmed. So if HG failed (or more likely head cracked) it can be bad news.
Has it overheated at some point?
Hasn't Jimbobs mate done this, I know its early days but would be interesting to see how long it runs for.
Yes, his Engineers took 7 thou off, (next to nothing)
Running better than ever at the mo.
edit - same engine, but on a landrover not an omega.
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7 thou imperial or metric?
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he says imperial...
is there a metric thou?
wouldnt that be microns?
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So they skimmed about 0.25 mm off.
Yes, there is a what is considered to be a thou in metric (mm's!)
Quite clearly the head was not warped if that is the case so no point machining it at all really!
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So they skimmed about 0.25 mm off.
Yes, there is a what is considered to be a thou in metric (mm's!)
Quite clearly the head was not warped if that is the case so no point machining it at all really!
ah! I can imagine amount better know... ...can't work in these odd units that fogies use :y
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So they skimmed about 0.25 mm off.
Yes, there is a what is considered to be a thou in metric (mm's!)
Quite clearly the head was not warped if that is the case so no point machining it at all really!
ah! I can imagine amount better know... ...can't work in these odd units that fogies use :y
Exactly!
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So they skimmed about 0.25 mm off.
Yes, there is a what is considered to be a thou in metric (mm's!)
Quite clearly the head was not warped if that is the case so no point machining it at all really!
But not what you'd generally use in a workshop. As 0.010"/10 thou is aprox 0.25mm (1mm ~0.040") for everyday use, hundredths of millimeters is plenty small enough. Thousandths of mms equates more to '10ths of thous of an inch'
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So they skimmed about 0.25 mm off.
Yes, there is a what is considered to be a thou in metric (mm's!)
Quite clearly the head was not warped if that is the case so no point machining it at all really!
But not what you'd generally use in a workshop. As 0.010"/10 thou is aprox 0.25mm (1mm ~0.040") for everyday use, hundredths of millimeters is plenty small enough. Thousandths of mms equates more to '10ths of thous of an inch'
We work in real thou (mm's).....but then we work with fibre optics and silicon!
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So they skimmed about 0.25 mm off.
Yes, there is a what is considered to be a thou in metric (mm's!)
Quite clearly the head was not warped if that is the case so no point machining it at all really!
But not what you'd generally use in a workshop. As 0.010"/10 thou is aprox 0.25mm (1mm ~0.040") for everyday use, hundredths of millimeters is plenty small enough. Thousandths of mms equates more to '10ths of thous of an inch'
We work in real thou (mm's).....but then we work with fibre optics and silicon!
...... and you won't be skimming them in a Brigeport/etc in a machine shop! :y :y