Head Gasket Gone - what to do?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

http://www.fisher-services.co.uk/mgf-headgasket-mgoc-article.htm

heres an interesting and informative read.

seems i were right about the upgraded version of the oil rail. if you want it done right.

mgdavid

s b is entitled to his opinion, and he knows a lot about rubbish, he spouts it too.
The stretch bolts are perfectly OK to re-use providing they measure up within spec. I know successful race engine builders who do this. A fitter will replace everything and hope for the best; an engineer will examine the parts and do what is needed no more no less.

s_b

mgdavid wrote: »

s b is entitled to his opinion, and he knows a lot about rubbish, he spouts it too.
The stretch bolts are perfectly OK to re-use providing they measure up within spec. I know successful race engine builders who do this. A fitter will replace everything and hope for the best; an engineer will examine the parts and do what is needed no more no less.

its had a gasket once so you have no idea if its still on the original bolts
frankly i dont come on here to argue with pre school teachers

atrixblue.-MFR-.

mgdavid wrote: »

s b is entitled to his opinion, and he knows a lot about rubbish, he spouts it too.
The stretch bolts are perfectly OK to re-use providing they measure up within spec. I know successful race engine builders who do this. A fitter will replace everything and hope for the best; an engineer will examine the parts and do what is needed no more no less.

thats it see, unless someone you know has done it before and you know youve had new bolts put in it, you dont know what condition those bolts are going to be in, they could be in tollerance once removed the go out of tollerance halfway through doing them back up this is why its good practice to change them on any car, since the rover ones are so long ive not come accross a set that has been within tollerance, and if they are then i'd be thinking did the other person do it up to spec?

jaydeeuk1

worried_jim wrote: »

K Series engines- you have to love 'em.

Yet most seem fine in a lotus elise which will get thrashed to bits (although I suppose you'll open the engine bay more often..)

The engine is relatively lightweight and a really good design, just some shoddy choices at design time with respect to the gasket and materials used.

Wig

I would want to be present to see the head come off and check for any corrosion of the coolant way walls, you don't want to pay for it to be fixed if the walls are corroded so that it will fail again shortly afterwards.

rev_henry

Picking the car up tomorrow. My father said they said they would be replacing the stretch bolts. Anyway, I'll check exactly what's been done before I pay etc...

rev_henry

All done now. Bill came to £580 though as they didn't include VAT :eek:

They said it had been done badly last time - hadn't been skimmed (contrary to service book) and they had used a cheapo (non MLS i presume) gasket, hence it failing again. Just glad to have my car back now...

atrixblue.-MFR-.

rev_henry wrote: »

All done now. Bill came to £580 though as they didn't include VAT :eek:

They said it had been done badly last time - hadn't been skimmed (contrary to service book) and they had used a cheapo (non MLS i presume) gasket, hence it failing again. Just glad to have my car back now...

not to mention if it hadnt been skimmed they reused the headbolts too and just bought a cheap single headgasket.

£580 inc vat is about the normal price.

the cheapo's are still available, the original non multilayered steel one but the MLS has been available for many years now.

car should be fine to drive now and have minimal of HG probs if its been done to the T so to speak.

rev_henry

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

not to mention if it hadnt been skimmed they reused the headbolts too and just bought a cheap single headgasket.

£580 inc vat is about the normal price.

the cheapo's are still available, the original non multilayered steel one but the MLS has been available for many years now.

car should be fine to drive now and have minimal of HG probs if its been done to the T so to speak.

Indeed. I can't believe you can actually get hold of the original rubbish one, what with everyone who knows anything banging on about the MLS one. Mm I hope so, only thing they didn't do is the water pump as they said it was ok, so that might be something to look out for.

Yeah the £580 included discs and pads too, but the mobile guys on the forums would have been £300+fuel costs. :S Having said that they're booked up for 3 weeks at a time!