Anthony, sure sounds like a blown head gasket.
If you want to buy one special tool, a head stud hex drive, and make another
from a small piece of 45mm by19mm pine, a timing chain chock, we can get you
through the head gasket replacement. for about $50 in gaskets, plus the cost
of stud removing tool. Its a half day job if you are new at it, about one
to one and a half hours with practice.
If you just want to keep driving it a little longer, you can decompress the
radiator by not screwing the radiator cap up, and put a can of bars leaks in
it, dont use chemiweld as it will block everything. This advice is to
temporarily stop the leak and is really for a "get me home" emergency,
rather than a "fix". Check the oil doesnt get to diluted with water, or
change it.
So now you have your options, you pick the way to go that suits you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tuting, Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 12 February 2001 14:50 PM
Subject: Head Gasket Diagnosis
> 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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