FurioKid
20-06-2009, 20:27
Drove upto work this morning on the intention of doing a couple of little jobs but after speaking to a few people on here about my temperature problems i decided to do the headgasket so as to get it sorted.
well started off fairly simple by taking hose etc off and downpipe, then when i got the rocker cover off and unbolted the rocker i found it had snapped on one of the corners where it bolts down with the head :(, no idea why, couldn't see anything obvious so just put it down to being a weak join. Luckily i had a spare one so my mate ran it upto me :agree:
one i got the head off i decided to take the waterpump off to reseal it as it had been leaking a bit about a week ago, so thought i may aswell do it now while its easier. got it off, replaced the gasket and started bolting it back on and one the bolts pulled the threads out of the head, so i ended up having to drill and tetap the head to a larger size and it then tightened down :agree:
put all the head back on with the new gasket and bolted it down and plumbed everythign back in, bolted the rocker back on and readjusted the clearances, put the rocker cover on and rebled the cooling system. started it up and checked for leaks but couldn't find any, and the engine seemed to be ok :agree:......................
.........until i left work and headed home, got about 500 yds/1 mile from work when i noticed slowing down at junctions that the engine sounded like a back of nails from the top and also my oil pressure had dropped right down :eek:. got the car home and proceeded to remove the rocker cover thinking that the valve clearances may have needed redoing, but instead i found that one of the bolts and also one of the studs had come loose and pulled the threads out the head, luckily no damage appears to have happened to the rocker but somehow now i need to either put longer bolts through to bite on some threads or rethread/helicoil the holes?? :confused:
What a day :cry:, anyone else had anything similar??
well started off fairly simple by taking hose etc off and downpipe, then when i got the rocker cover off and unbolted the rocker i found it had snapped on one of the corners where it bolts down with the head :(, no idea why, couldn't see anything obvious so just put it down to being a weak join. Luckily i had a spare one so my mate ran it upto me :agree:
one i got the head off i decided to take the waterpump off to reseal it as it had been leaking a bit about a week ago, so thought i may aswell do it now while its easier. got it off, replaced the gasket and started bolting it back on and one the bolts pulled the threads out of the head, so i ended up having to drill and tetap the head to a larger size and it then tightened down :agree:
put all the head back on with the new gasket and bolted it down and plumbed everythign back in, bolted the rocker back on and readjusted the clearances, put the rocker cover on and rebled the cooling system. started it up and checked for leaks but couldn't find any, and the engine seemed to be ok :agree:......................
.........until i left work and headed home, got about 500 yds/1 mile from work when i noticed slowing down at junctions that the engine sounded like a back of nails from the top and also my oil pressure had dropped right down :eek:. got the car home and proceeded to remove the rocker cover thinking that the valve clearances may have needed redoing, but instead i found that one of the bolts and also one of the studs had come loose and pulled the threads out the head, luckily no damage appears to have happened to the rocker but somehow now i need to either put longer bolts through to bite on some threads or rethread/helicoil the holes?? :confused:
What a day :cry:, anyone else had anything similar??