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blown head gasket
 12undies  2008/1/2 11:39  Tell a friend
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| found the problem finally i thought it was the carby but turns out no wat could cas this cheap gasket to much revving or just were and tare wat you guys think |
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| ddgonzal |
Posted: 2008/1/2 17:36 Updated: 2008/1/2 17:36 |
Moderator   Joined: 2001/5/3 From: 48 North Posts: 31605 |
 Re: blown head gasket When I was first starting out, an old mechanic told me the most common cause is grease or old gasket left on when fitting a new head gasket.
He recommended wiping the block and head face using ether (alcohol), and scraping the faces until they were absolutely clean. I've always followed his advice and never had a blown gasket, more than 25 years now.
The other common causes are:
- Not torquing the bolts in the right pattern
- Not using a torque wrench
- Overheating of the engine (run out of coolant)
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| kegs |
Posted: 2008/1/2 13:48 Updated: 2008/1/2 13:48 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)   Joined: 2003/1/5 From: campbelltown (sydney) australia Posts: 1802 |
Re: blown head gasket you might get better results to your question if people can read what u type. but i reckon if it was a cheap gasket and you were revving it hard its probably no wonder that it blew.....
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