Head Gasket going.........

club_casualty · Post by **club_casualty** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:46 am

How much will it be to replace the head gasket on 1.4 8v corsa?
I\'ve seen a gasket set for about Â£15 is this worth getting or will it be cheap poo as the price suggests

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:12 pm

For the cost, I\'d possibly tackle it myself but then you\'d still need to sort getting the head checked, etc.

kieran · Post by **kieran** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:49 pm

it cost me 200 quid for mine to be done cos the head had to be skimmed aswell!! poor lil 1.2 lol

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:42 pm

[quote=\"kieran\"]it cost me 200 quid for mine to be done cos the head had to be skimmed aswell!! poor lil 1.2 lol

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yeah mine was about the same on the 1.4 engine, worth having it skimmed really incase it has warped

you can get it skimmed for about Â£30 if you do the head yourself

adamgreen01 · Post by **adamgreen01** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:34 pm

how much power do it give when you have your head gasket skimmed to the max

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:35 pm

head skimmed 2% more maybe, if that....very little id say

adamgreen01 · Post by **adamgreen01** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:44 pm

has any one else had there\'s done. A mate of mine had his done and said it added loads of power to his Pug 106

VKleita · Post by **VKleita** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:54 pm

Depends how poorly the engine was before hand

you got gases/liquids leaking from one part of the engine to another your going to lose power somewhere along the line..

My car deff felt 100% better after replacing the head gasket!

corsacheater · Post by **corsacheater** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:09 am

i replaced my head gasket a couple months back, the car is idleing properly and the steamy exhaust has stopped but im still losing water. The head was skimmed and all the necessary parts were changed. anyone had the same problem?

broster · Post by **broster** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:58 am

skiiming the head wont make much difference really, it will raise the compression but not enought to give you power gains

purecarsound · Post by **purecarsound** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:36 am

[quote=\"club_casualty\"]How much will it be to replace the head gasket on 1.4 8v corsa?
I\'ve seen a gasket set for about Â£15 is this worth getting or will it be cheap **** as the price suggests[/quote]

I paid Â£20 for the gasket set and it cost me Â£28 to get the head skimmed (trade price) and then a mate did the rest. I dropped car off on a Thursday evening at the garage he works at... took them 20 minutes to strip the engine, head went off for skimming friday morning and by 7pm friday evening the engine was back together and car was running sweet.

kawika · Post by **kawika** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:51 am

[quote=\".\"]I been quoted between Â£200 and Â£400 to get my head gasket sorted! tis cheaper and prolly easier to just get a new engine imo..... keep an eye on the mayo build up on your oil cap and dip stick and your coolant level and don\'t let the coolant run dry or you\'ll get a pretty nackerd engine with the only option is a new engine.

take ya car down a trusted local little garage and get \'em to do a pressure test on it and see how badly its going/gone etc and get \'em to give you a quote on fixing it and fitting a new engine in.[/quote]

ouch i onlypaid 60 for my headgasket, i had it replaced 3 times before i got a new engine...lol

purecarsound · Post by **purecarsound** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:32 am

Mine went the first time.. then the bottom end went. Thats when I opted for an engine transplant.

sportwomble · Post by **sportwomble** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:43 pm

also guys skim too much and as mentioned your compresion ratio goes up, go too far and petrol explodes due to pressure (not the spark) before the pistons at the top of its stroke! at best very bad pinking, at worst \"New engine please!\" take advice from reliable source SBD motor sport, Regal etc.

tidycannibal · Post by **tidycannibal** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:40 pm

there are a company called witmore engineering in norfolk that specialise in head skimming i have taken a few there to b done usually under 30 quid an never had a problem my sri is now heading the same way

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