Show whole topic Apr 14, 2016 9:17 am
adamgentilli Offline
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Subject: Re: Blown 4.5 head gasket and bubbles in the water.
I have the head off now and there is a good piece of gasket missing between 3 and 4. No apparent cracks anywhere so hopefully that is it! The fact that it straddles the waterway may mean localized heating hence the strange bubble format. One of the head studs is also very close to the break and could add extra heating perhaps. a I will certainly change the oil etc, as I would anyway.
I refitted an annealed gasket with "well seal" last time, which has obviously not lasted forever. I guess firstly the annealing process is pretty hit and miss and the well seal means a lot of scraping now. Do you fit the gasket dry, oiled or what?
I have a couple of photos but cannot upload them as the file size is too large. I can send them by email if that helps, or advice on how to load them hear would be helpful.
Sorry for the delay in replying, I wonder if we have a "notify me by email" of any replies, in the forum?