Gaypoo headgasket

[Des]

Pulled a Daiwoo Matiz apart today, head gasket was very gone, first car new enough to have a cat I've ever worked on, came apart incredibly easily, found that the fire ring part of the gasket had sploodged its way into the combution chamber, and was being clipped by the exhaust valve.

 

 

 

So I gave the head a clean and a careful check, happy to find only very slight warpage, and minor marking at the critical point where the gasket failed, just as well as skimming would mean having to remove all the valves and a dirty great plastic manifold. (WTF is with that.)

 

 

 

Then I gave the block a scrape, nice to see a proper iron block after all the nasty plasticiary, bloody things got a great tramline where the fire ring must have been chattering away at it, bugger. Looks like some JBWeld gambling tomorrow.

 

[RedSparrow]

Good for you. I wish I knew how to do these things!

[CreepingJesus]

Ye Gods! That first pic's a grot gallery. I'm always a bit paranoid when changing headgaskets and other such deep, fundamental bits. I have to fit and refit them a few times to make sure they're absolutely definitely positively on the right way up/out/in.

More so after the time I did some work to a neighbour's Yugo, and ended up with the timing miles out.

[meggersdog]

fingers crossed for the JB Weld.That block looks almost scrap with all the pitting around the water jacket

[Espacetic]

I'd use Wellseal on that instead of JB. It stops K series HGF, so it'll sort that out.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

That head needs a skim - no question of that. The block will clean up okay + JBW.

[Des]

That's funny, I picked up a tube of wellseal and considered it, but went with the JB, there's a narrow good portion for the gasket at the edge of the cylinder, the glue will hopefully support the gasket and won't be exposed to combustion so it looks hopeful, I'm leaving it overnight before I fire it up.

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I reckon that will last long enough for you to have time to sell your house and move away from the area at least.