Just Changed My Head Gasket I bought the car with this known problem. It turned out the head was cracked in 8 places - 2 to each of the 4 inner exhaust valves. This appears to have been caused by the radiator fan switch failing. Also when tightening down the head the centre 6 bolts when rechecked prior to the next stage were found to be slacker than they should have been. I re-torqued all the bolts to that first stage. The outer 4 had not changed. The other problem was the idle control valve had jammed. That was released with a small screwdriver and loads of WD-40. The oil and filter were changed and run for about 30miles then both changed again. Lots of debris collected. Hope these pointers help someone else. Last edited by 318tiFatherFigure; 01-12-2019 at 10:12 AM. |