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zxr head gasket

  • 27-03-2013 12:42pm
    #1
    djflawless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭


    hi lads
    just about to sign a tasty sounding deal for a zxr 400
    good condition bike as i seen and used it when the guy im getting it off was riding
    im not worried about it being dodgy or anything, but the head gasket is going/just gone.is it a pricey fix?
    and as im new to insured, roadworthy bikes, is there many mechanics in /around laois?
    getting the bike VERY cheap.and apart from the head, the only other things wrong are a cracked fairing and a few scratched fairings

    cheers


Comments

  • #2
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    How do you know the HG is going?


  • #3
    djflawless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭djflawless


    Well thats according to the owner.id be kind of inclined to listen to him for various reasons.but ill find out the symptoms and report back


  • #4
    Bikerguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭Bikerguy


    djflawless wrote: »
    Well thats according to the owner.id be kind of inclined to listen to him for various reasons.but ill find out the symptoms and report back


    can you state the various reasons? why would you believe?

    i also wonder how people determine that HG is going.


  • #5
    djflawless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭djflawless


    hed be fairly on the ball with mechanics and does not really know bike engines aswell as a tractor engine..havnt been talking to him yet but last time i was talking to him he claimed that he thought the head was going


  • #6
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    Well if the head is gone, its not worth buying unless you can do the work yourself. You'll need to remove the seat, tank, airbox,exhaust(assuming it doesn't fall apart or worse break a stud) coolant, carbs, rocker cover, camchain tensioner, camshafts and then the head. Then if the head doesn't need to be skimmed, you need new coolant, head gasket and exhaust gaskets and put it all back together.
    Probably better off just getting another bike. They go fairly cheap anyhow.


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