new gasket??

twincamman

just wondering where i can buy a new head gasket,??

L1011

twincamman wrote: »

just wondering where i can buy a new head gasket,??

Any motor factors should be able to order one in, as would a main dealers parts department . However if your head gasket has blown there is often a lot more work than just swapping it over...

dutchcat

you will prob need to get the head surfaced if you have not done so already,the machine shop i use generally offer to get it but i get them myself in vehicle spares in baldoyle ind estate baldoyle,dublin i think they will post you stuff if you are out in the sticks

Webmonkey

dutchcat wrote: »

you will prob need to get the head surfaced if you have not done so already,the machine shop i use generally offer to get it but i get them myself in vehicle spares in baldoyle ind estate baldoyle,dublin i think they will post you stuff if you are out in the sticks

That's only if it overheated and distorted a little. I never bothered doing it last time as I caught it in time and all is well.

Yes HG is a bit of a job alright and expensive but fun to do yourself with a Haynes manual if you feel up to it.

dutchcat

Webmonkey wrote: »

That's only if it overheated and distorted a little. I never bothered doing it last time as I caught it in time and all is well.

Yes HG is a bit of a job alright and expensive but fun to do yourself with a Haynes manual if you feel up to it.

would seem a bit of a waste to pull it down and build it up without doing it for the sake of 40 quid

Webmonkey

40 quid is very cheap.

Esel

twincamman wrote: »

just wondering where i can buy a new head gasket,??

If you don't know where to buy one, what are you going to do with it when you get it?

dutchcat

actually 40 +vat ,lofty farrell in greenmount ind estate harolds cross,the heat comes back like a mirror and machine washed:eek:

johndaman66

Webmonkey wrote: »

Yes HG is a bit of a job alright and expensive but fun to do yourself with a Haynes manual if you feel up to it.

Not really a job for the ameatuer thogh Webmonkey even with the Haynes manual. You could end up buggering your head. The torque wrenches can be expensive enough too I believe.

vectra

dutchcat wrote: »

actually 40 +vat ,lofty farrell in greenmount ind estate harolds cross,the heat comes back like a mirror and machine washed:eek:

Wow..
I was told it was around 200 to get a head skimmed and a headset from a certain company in Cork :eek:

dutchcat

head sets vary in price their is a fair amount of stuff in some of them,a regular 4 cyl gasket on it's own runs about 25yo yo