Help Will I Blow My Motor Up If Head Gasket Blows

[ke30Rolla myles]

my head gasket has a hole in it n i nedda drive it but i got no help to put new 1 in if i keep driving it will it screw up my motor? all it does is leak a lil bit of oil if i top it up now and then will it be ok untill i find sum 1 to fix it?

[Teddy]

G'day.

 

Depends where exactly the head gasket has blown. If its between an oil gallery & a cylinder, its going to burn oil like crazy & possible glaze up one of the bores. It will get worse. Should you drive on a blown head gasket? not really. What diagnostic points have led you to believe that its the head gasket at fault ?

[philbey]

Yeh, what makes you think you have a blown head gasket?

 

I had a suspect HG on a CA18 turbo for months, but it was only when I started getting frothy water that I bothered with the fix. Still drove it like that for a while anyway. No water in the crank case or any of that.

[WinKE55]

Changing a head gasket on a 4k isn't that hard my friend.. Give it a try :)

 

Just mark the bolts if you have to, and when you are tightening the head down, make sure you tighten the bolts from the middle then work your way out on each side.

[adam-__-]

Is the oil milky? If it's milky, water has gotten into the oil and it's highly recommended that you don't drive it. The oil no longer lubricates properly and could kill your motor.

[ke30Rolla myles]

i fink it is blowen because oil leaks every where and ther is no water in the oil i new that if there was it would of blowen form the inside it is hard lol i need a tork rench I'm only 16 lol need help lol

[canna]

were abouts you from mate

[madmax7]

the tools that you will need are a spanner set, socket set, screw driver, scraper, torque wrench and feeler gaugers

1) is to undo your header bolts

2) undo your fuel line

3) take you dizzy out so when you lift it off you don't damage it

4) take push rods out

5) undo head bolts

6) make sure everything to the head and manifold are off

7) take it off

8) scrap off old gasket and clean it up

9) put new gasket on and if you want to use the glue stuff put it on

10) put the head back on and torque it up to setting on the packet

11) put the push rods back in and do the clearences 20thou and 30thou (inlet) (exhaust)

12) put dizzy in

13) put fule line on to the carbie

14) bolt on your header