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[SIR Philbutt]

During the summer hols had 4 weeks on the continent, Cote D'Azur, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Normandy, Somme (no not with a tin tent)

Did 72 hours of actual driving (stopwatched), covering 2960 miles (rolled over the 100,000 mark as well), averaging 49mph and 27mpg, loaded to the gunnels and carrying three

Ran like a train and only gave a little bit of trouble with Italian LPG and the cheap Luxembourg petrol (their LPG filler is different for some reason)

Was so pleased with the old girl, UNTIL last week.

Started stuttering a little, then on thurs was miss firing when started, but ok when LPG switched in. Thought it was the the Lux petrol which is still in. Then on Fri was miss firing almost all the time and then "COOLANT LEVEL" comes up on the display, OH NO! get home take each plug out and no2 is oily/wet. Dip with a long cotton bud and is soaked in pink coolant

BLOODY HEAD GASKET  - only done 20k ago 

So this aft started stripping it down
First thing I notice the exhaust manifold has a crack in it 
Then i notice the cam belt has tiny cracks in the outer edge, all the way round  new when head done

Cant wait to see what has happend the the HG

Parts ordered from All German - great guys

Update tomorrow

ps my bloody laptop HDD failed the week before so have upgraded to SSD and only just got it all reloaded   

[PhilRich]

Well they say trouble comes in Threes Phil, so keep your head down bud!

[4x4]

I did find 2.2 exhaust manifolds on ebay for about £60

[omega3000]

I did find 2.2 exhaust manifolds on ebay for about £60

Are they made of gold 

[4x4]

Thats cheap compared to vx prices 

[omega3000]

Thats cheap compared to vx prices 

No need to swear 

[SIR Philbutt]

Well they say trouble comes in Threes Phil, so keep your head down bud!

These make about six over the last few weeks, so double trouble i suppose 

I did find 2.2 exhaust manifolds on ebay for about £60

Thanks but I do have a spare, just struggling to get the nuts off at the cat end 

[SIR Philbutt]

So - Picture below is the old and new HG, has rotted away on the water ports and split the metal ring on cyl 2

Anyone have any idea if this is just a bad gasket or the anti-freeze (VX pink stuff was in)

IMG_0465 by PhilButt, on Flickr

[05omegav6]

What brand/s are they?

How long had thast gasket been in place? 20k could be ten weeks or ten years...

[SIR Philbutt]

What brand/s are they?

How long had thast gasket been in place? 20k could be ten weeks or ten years...

The old one is unknown brand, I didnt get it, new one from All German ill look at brand in't morn

Gasket in 3yrs

Does that help?

[SIR Philbutt]

What brand/s are they?

How long had thast gasket been in place? 20k could be ten weeks or ten years...

The old one is unknown brand, I didnt get it, new one from All German ill look at brand in't morn

Gasket in 3yrs

Does that help?

New Gasket kit is a Victor Reinz, New cambelt kit a a Gates, although dont understand how the new brand, or the amount of time, explains the failure of this one ??

[Kevin Wood]

That gasket has degraded quite badly given it's been in there just 3 years. The coolant should still have been fine, assuming a good 50/50 mixture was used when filling and it's not had excessive topping-up so I doubt it's anything more than just a poor quality gasket fitted.

[omega3000]

What was the condition of the waterways when the head was took off 

[SIR Philbutt]

That gasket has degraded quite badly given it's been in there just 3 years. The coolant should still have been fine, assuming a good 50/50 mixture was used when filling and it's not had excessive topping-up so I doubt it's anything more than just a poor quality gasket fitted.

Hardly any topping up since it was put in, maybe a litre, at worst 2, but bit by bit.

What is worse, too diluted or not diluted enough, or both ?

What was the condition of the waterways when the head was took off 

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