the gasket blew from the edge of cylinder to the edge of the block with no water loss or overheating so im guessing all will be ok

new gaskets ,head bolts,belt,and water pump in the post and while its off the inlet is having a good clean and maybe a lick of black paint:D.Also doin the sump gasket as it was like a sieve:confused:

indeed i have just dont fancy doin it

thanks very much pal how do you do that then or is it magicians code:D.Anyway what are we all thinking about the liners:confused:

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ok got some pics how do i get them on or am i bein dumbclicked on the insert image tab but still not letting me

the gasket had gone between cylinder 7 and the edge of the block which made it sound like manifold gasket i will try and get some pics of it later as its on my moms drive

now both heads are off can you tell if the liners have droped:eek: there is no lip between them and the block that i can feel is this good news:D

will do

just thinking that people say when you do an oil change on an old engine that you shouldnt use engine flush as it removes gunk that might be helping so thought i would check first

right got the engine torn down and found a split in the drivers side head gasket but the liners are looking good will put a straight edge over them tommorow.But what i want to know should i clean all the heads of all the old oil and make em like new or just clean the gunk outIf there cleaned...

from my previous thread i have found out its not the manifold blowing but the head gasket.My question to all the p38 gods out there is would this mean it has slipped a liner.Its a 4.6 with no loss of power but id did over heat about 2 months ago but not since please help god of the p38

yes you have the exact pic i was after thanks from what i can feel i think its head gasket :eek: the missus will be happy with me the weekend oh and by the way nice websit loads of info and well put together thanks for all your help

i know im a pain but do have one with the ex ports facing the camera

dont supose youve got a pic of the head showing the exhaust ports do you and thanks for all your help so far

dont suppose you have a pic of the head showing the exhaust ports do you and thanks for all the help so far

will do its gonna wait a few days to calm down then i wll give it a whirl if not the lump hammer i think will suffice.how far away is the head gasket from the exhaust ports

no other symptoms idle seems ok im running out of ideas even thought about hitting it hard as this worked for my nans tv years ago:D:D

i cant get my fat head in to see it and the headers take a few second to get hot and burn trust me my hand and arm will tell you

it seems to be coming from behind the manifold lower down towards the head gasket its lost no power no other signs but sound poo and is gettin on my bits