Hi fella's

I need to whip the heads off the motor as one has gone.

I have a few questions if you would please.

Any recomendations for a gasket (Or anything else i will need). Standard or uprated?

The guy who is giving me a lift reckons he can do it with the engine in situ but i suggested whipping it out, any thoughts?

Also whilst out anything i should think about changing replacing.

By the way its a 52 plated STi bug.

Thanks in advance.

Gaz

 

cometic gaskets 1.6mm will do the job well. dunno about doin it in place, chassis legs get in way. its simple to remove the scooby engine, straight forward.

 

Get the heads (notice heads and not head) checked, best to see if they need skimming and then ensure both heads are good and replace gaskets, not the easiest car to do it on due to the 2 heads, not cheap to get it done via a mechanic either but probably better in the long run.

Tony

 

Cheers fellas

The heads will be getting skommed regardless,

Does it depend on the amount of material removed when getting new gaskets or are they all the same ?

Any thing else to change, oil pump water pump etc.

Thanks again.

Gary

Ps

Sorry the guy helping (Doing it) is a Volvo mechanic , so not really me doing it.

 

Depends on your budget if i were taking engine out and doing both head gaskets,id also do the oil pump (modified flow)/water pump and cam belt

 

if/when engine out replace clutch save ye having to take engine out again at a l8r date,

 

im same boat mate
mine blew radiator so replaced that as that was shagged,ok for a bit but now it is coming out overflow pipe and side of the header ,it must be pressurerising from the gaskets,
i also changed the thermostat and that did nnot help so not to happy .
any help from each other will be good
thanks matt

 

ive started taking mine apart today, o my god ive had to remove every thing air con,alternator loads of stuff and wires,
rocker covers /pulleys and timing belt to mo if weather is good.
im taking the heads of with engine in car as it looks ok to do that on you tube video

 

If you have the heads skimmed, that's when you NEED to look at thicker gaskets. The idea is to use on that will maintain the car's compression ratio.

 

do i get the heads skimmed anyway or look to see if ok,
also can you only have them skimmed once, as it would be takinhg to much off if it happend again?

 

TBH, they may not NEED skimming, not all do. Get someone who KNOWS what they are talking about to have a look.

 

And if the block faces are warped/distorted, you will have to take the engine out to have it corrected anyway.

Mick

 

ive got v2 sti it has a cdb if im right, the car drives fine apart from the over heating problem, do the blocks warp aswell,