Head Gaskets gone :(

[adrianbutter]

Great thread - lovely cut away.
I 've just had a water jacket fail and the off-side head has come off fine - but in the process has pulled the cyclinder jackets out a bit. Do these just re-seat themselves when the head is re fitted, or with sealant, or need to be replaced?(replacing would mean engine out etc).
Guess problem is knowing if the seal is still good without seeing - but engine was perfectly fine before - and as the rubber seal is buggered in various places, that was definelty the main problem.

Just interested really as will most likely replace the engine - but tempted to keep my original for a DIY re-build!

Thanks,
Ade

[itchyfeet]

Great thread - lovely cut away.
I 've just had a water jacket fail and the off-side head has come off fine - but in the process has pulled the cyclinder jackets out a bit. Do these just re-seat themselves when the head is re fitted, or with sealant, or need to be replaced?(replacing would mean engine out etc).
Guess problem is knowing if the seal is still good without seeing - but engine was perfectly fine before - and as the rubber seal is buggered in various places, that was definelty the main problem.

Just interested really as will most likely replace the engine - but tempted to keep my original for a DIY re-build!

Thanks,
Ade

you would be mad not to replace the lower barrel seals even if thy had not moved, it can be done with engine in apparently but I wouldn't.

[dbz864]

Depends how much of a puddle its leaving. If its a small one, personally id put kseal in it, yes its a bodge, but you can and i've seen it stop the leak for 5 years plus, not just on one occasions. Ask the garage how long they will guarantee they proper repair job, you will struggle to get an answer.
Yes k seal is a bodge ,if your planning on going france/ spain etc, id say no dont. If its peeing out id say no, if its a smallish leak, put a bottle or even 2 in, worth a try. £10 a bottle it wont fix it, but may give you a few years which is more than a lot of recon engines do.

[CovKid]

This thread is two years old

[dbz864]

lol

[kevtherev]

Ah he really means the rubber water jacket seal.
They can be repaired but its no use just changing the seal.
The seal faces have to be de-pitted

I wonder what happened after all this time