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new gasket??

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  • 01-11-2009 8:32pm
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    twincamman
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭


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


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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,783 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    twincamman wrote: »
    just wondering where i can buy a new head gasket,??:confused:

    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...


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    dutchcat
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭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


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    Webmonkey
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    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.


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    dutchcat
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    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


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    Webmonkey
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    40 quid is very cheap.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,016 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    twincamman wrote: »
    just wondering where i can buy a new head gasket,??:confused:
    If you don't know where to buy one, what are you going to do with it when you get it? :confused:

    Not your ornery onager



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    dutchcat
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭dutchcat


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


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    johndaman66
    Registered Users Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭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.


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    vectra
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    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:


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    dutchcat
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭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


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