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30-04-2007, 12:51 AM
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The one and only
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Location: Carrum Downs, Victoria
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As you have seen from previous posts, Phatel aka Pete bought a daily which had a blown head gasket, he came over to my place for the fix. Some other Victoriqan members popped over to watch or lend a hand.
This it the reason why....  Start to disassemble. Prety easy really, just unbolt everything.   Shauns pops in, sees the head is off and gives us a 'thumbs up'!  No Pete didn't spill his iced coffee into his motor, this is a nice oil and Water brew.  Lovely head, needs a little TLC, gave it a blast and came up good as new.  Hours later, slowly coming together and getting dark fast. I have to jump in to lend a hand,  My bro pops by for a look, loves the clean head and rocker cover. Bro gives 'thumbs up'.  Close up of clean head and no longer clean rocker cover in dirty engine bay. It's almost 'turn key!!  Pete drives car home, happy with new head gasket. It still needs a major service and tune, but it will do for a daily.
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30-04-2007, 01:00 AM
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Good work guys, good to see you guys knocked it over in a day!
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30-04-2007, 01:00 AM
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
 
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Nice work...why not MPFi conversion while you were at it?
And pull ya pants up ya bum!
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30-04-2007, 01:02 AM
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Glad to hear it all went to plan. Hopefully Pete can get plenty of kms out of the new gasket.
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30-04-2007, 08:55 AM
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Last warning
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sick.. no filter ;)
good work guys.
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30-04-2007, 11:17 AM
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Nice work boys!
Once upon a time I had a CFI EA also 
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30-04-2007, 11:38 AM
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Haha, my pants WERE up, my shirt was too short :P
Big thanks to Wayne for holding the day and to the guys who came around to lend a hand or two. Car is still rough and died a few times on the way home, but cant expect much more for what it is Will get a service/tune/etc and off for RWC soon. |
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30-04-2007, 01:00 PM
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and the croud cheers M.P.F.I!!!
job well done |
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30-04-2007, 02:51 PM
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Took you guys a day? PppFFFtttt, I could've knocked it over in 3 hours and it would've purred like a kitten on the way home :P
Good work anyway lol... you should have done a fault test while you guys were at it to see if the stalling is caused by any sensor issues. Sundeep |
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30-04-2007, 02:59 PM
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Was good to stay and have a chat to the people who rocked up. Ended up to be a long day for you boys working on the car. Think I've seen my fair share of plumbers cracks for my lifetime! Lol. Thanks to Wayne for holding the day.
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30-04-2007, 03:15 PM
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30-04-2007, 05:14 PM
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did you shave the head? AU gasket? Crack test the head?
Or was it just replace the headgasket with an e-series gasket?
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30-04-2007, 05:24 PM
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30-04-2007, 06:34 PM
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30-04-2007, 09:06 PM
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30-04-2007, 09:10 PM
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good work guys well detailed
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30-04-2007, 09:18 PM
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wasnt a bad day at all... cept me hiding from the police hellicopter... woohoo
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30-04-2007, 09:56 PM
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Hey I still have a CFI! And 3spd at that!
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30-04-2007, 10:01 PM
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The one and only
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No shave No AU gasket No crack test.
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30-04-2007, 11:19 PM
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I agree. We've done many headgaskets this way and never had a problem. Shaving the head is over-rated. That thing will probably last now until the day the car dies. |
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30-04-2007, 11:28 PM
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I think the term I coined was "scrape 'n slap" ;) ... I coined it from all the money I saved in head gaskets.
Get it.. coined, money saved. Uh, aha, ha.. forget it. Sundeep |
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01-05-2007, 01:14 PM
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Whats a skim cost these days anyway?
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01-05-2007, 08:19 PM
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i got mine done $550 dropped the car off head shaved new valves clean new head bolts and gaskets everything and i didn't lift a spaner.
good when your best mates dad owns a head shop and is a mechanic. alwase wanted to give it a go myself though just to learn |
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01-05-2007, 08:40 PM
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Good job guys, Head gaskets aren't as complicated as their made out to be.
Good job, a mate of mine recently got his XF roadworthied, got the whole thing on the road for a little under two K. |
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02-05-2007, 12:33 AM
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Did you break the timing chain guide or was it broken allready?
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02-05-2007, 08:24 AM
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The one and only
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Pictorial of PhatEA's head gasket change. (29/04/07)
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