Drizz
Well-Known Member
Well quite an epic afternoon! Went to collect the head gasket, bolts, and head set, then the head after a skim, and got home. Drove the Disco to mikes and it drove absolutely fine with no overheating. I had previously blocked off the matrix so we plumbed it back in and went for a drive. Had heaters and no overheating (thought the 4 bottles of kseal may have finally worked lol) then i lost heaters 
So on with the head swap!
I got excited at this point, as the head bolts weren't tight at all, id even say they were loose. Undone them with a ratchet with ease!
Due to the water in No.1 we looked closely and saw this:
Thought it may have been a crack, so headed up to PEC where i had the head skimmed, and borrowed some chemicals. Came back and tried them:
Mike fisting my hole:
But this showed no sign of cracking. So got on fitting the new head:
So all back together, and run up lovely, steady temp and had heaters. Drove home and kept the ideal temperature, but lost heaters Dont know whether its because it needs topping up from being completely drained and we've not topped it up enough, or more likely theres another issue. So either the block is actually ****ed and we couldnt see it, or the matrix is ****ed.
Tomorrow ill check the levels and go for another drive and see whats what. But at the mo im keeping a steady driving temp so you never know, but as you can imagine im gutted
But i must say a massive thanks to Mike for helping, and Rob (PEC) for the loan of aforementioned chemicals, and the head skim!
So on with the head swap!
I got excited at this point, as the head bolts weren't tight at all, id even say they were loose. Undone them with a ratchet with ease!
Due to the water in No.1 we looked closely and saw this:
Thought it may have been a crack, so headed up to PEC where i had the head skimmed, and borrowed some chemicals. Came back and tried them:
Mike fisting my hole:
But this showed no sign of cracking. So got on fitting the new head:
So all back together, and run up lovely, steady temp and had heaters. Drove home and kept the ideal temperature, but lost heaters
Dont know whether its because it needs topping up from being completely drained and we've not topped it up enough, or more likely theres another issue. So either the block is actually ****ed and we couldnt see it, or the matrix is ****ed. Tomorrow ill check the levels and go for another drive and see whats what. But at the mo im keeping a steady driving temp so you never know, but as you can imagine im gutted
But i must say a massive thanks to Mike for helping, and Rob (PEC) for the loan of aforementioned chemicals, and the head skim!
