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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #10 on: 31 October 2011, 18:01 »
Makes sense :)

So water was leaking from between the block and head? You said it was pissing out - but there's not that much water held in the head after the engine is off - so I'm just confused as to how the car would still be leaking (significantly) from last night?
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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #11 on: 31 October 2011, 18:31 »
I sine the leak when i started the car after topping it up. as i wanted to know why it was low on water. my mate  is middle of stripping it down as we speak.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #12 on: 31 October 2011, 21:23 »
It will be interesting to see if it is the head gasket.  :undecided:
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Offline Bellend

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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #13 on: 31 October 2011, 23:12 »
Have seen a water leak from between the head and block before, headgasket split in a peculiar manner and reason was it had been done before and not properly cleaned up.

As long as it's not a cracked head.
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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #14 on: 01 November 2011, 07:59 »
it sure is the head gasket pal.wot a mess it is. who ever had the car before me have tryed doing it and mace a rite f**k up ov it. so im just going to rebuild the engine from the bottom to the top nwe every thing. taken head to get skimmed today.
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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #15 on: 01 November 2011, 13:11 »
Good on ya mate! Do the job properly then you know you have a good engine.  :wink:
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Re: well sick. cylinder head blow.
« Reply #16 on: 02 November 2011, 16:35 »
cheers for that pal. im going to pick the head up 2mora. im just in the middle of getting every thing i need to rebuild it.
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