Its bound to happen in an old car when you don't know the history of
it...
I belive that I have a blown head gasket but I'm not totally sure and it
would be great if someone could confirm or dispell my fears.
I have a 1600, its a L18 with extractors, twin SU's and an electronic
dissy. On Friday I took it to Datspeed at Kingswood to have the SU's
tuned. After the guy said that he suspects that I have blown the head
gasket or it is on the way out because just on Friday it lost a few
litres of water and it isn't leaking from the engine anwhere but there
is a little bit of moisture in the dissy. I also noticed that the oil is
a bit murky (greyish) but havn't checked for condesation under the oil
cap yet.
Since then I have to put in about 1/2 a radiator of water each day and
the oil is slighty murky. Normally after a tune the car hammers but it
has been slugish and running like a dog. I figure this is posssibly due
to loss of compression.
What I want to know is if anyone knows a place in Sydney (preferably the
west) that does this and approximately how much it will cost. I know
some of you are saying 'what? do it yourself' but I dont have much time
or expertise and have been advised not to because playing with things
like the timing chain and an OHC that I've never touched before is
asking for trouble.
Datspeed quoted me roughly $300-400 for a normal change but it machining
was required up to $600. Is this a good rate?
Any comments, help or suggestions are welcome,
Thanks,
Anthony
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