Hi all,
New to the forum and living in France, I've just bought a Freelander 1 with the 1.8L K6 engine (I know, I know, I must be an idiot) but it seemed fine when the nice man sold it to me. And yes, it now has head gasket problems. So the head is now off and I can see a mark on the head were gas is blowing into a waterway. There is a definite indentation (or wear) of a couple of thou on the head at this point so it will need to be skimmed. BUT it has already been skimmed once so my question is this : I have seen some suppliers offering "shims" to help seal the head gaskets, can these be used to allow further skimming of the head ? I've seen in the rave manual specs that the reface limit is 0.2mm (8 thou) so I'm thinking that a SMS gasket and a shim should add a couple of thou ?. Or should I take the risk of picking up a S/H head off ebay ??
Many thanks for your thoughts !
New to the forum and living in France, I've just bought a Freelander 1 with the 1.8L K6 engine (I know, I know, I must be an idiot) but it seemed fine when the nice man sold it to me. And yes, it now has head gasket problems. So the head is now off and I can see a mark on the head were gas is blowing into a waterway. There is a definite indentation (or wear) of a couple of thou on the head at this point so it will need to be skimmed. BUT it has already been skimmed once so my question is this : I have seen some suppliers offering "shims" to help seal the head gaskets, can these be used to allow further skimming of the head ? I've seen in the rave manual specs that the reface limit is 0.2mm (8 thou) so I'm thinking that a SMS gasket and a shim should add a couple of thou ?. Or should I take the risk of picking up a S/H head off ebay ??
Many thanks for your thoughts !
