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head gasket DIY

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  • 18-01-2009 1:19am
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    fryup
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    The head gasket is gone, in my old citroen zx...but ive seen them for sale on ebay for around €50.

    So as long as the head cylinder is ok........is this a job i could do myself??


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    Darragh29
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    fryup wrote: »
    The head gasket is gone, in my old citroen zx...but ive seen them for sale on ebay for around €50.

    So as long as the head cylinder is ok........is this a job i could do myself??

    I don't think so OP. It's not something you just take off and throw back on again and tasks like setting engine timing and torquing down cylinder head bolts after the new gasket is on, are extremely critical.


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    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Darragh29 wrote: »
    setting engine timing and torquing down cylinder head bolts after the new gasket is on, are extremely critical.

    aaahhh f&ck that then:rolleyes:


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    alias no.9
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    Did the car overheat? If so the head will almost certainly need to be skimmed, the problem is that it's likely to be impossible to tell with the naked eye and getting it measured would probably cost as much as getting it skimmed. Since it's a citroen zx, I'm guessing it's run on a shoestring. You could have a go, in the full knowledge that your €50 on the gasket would be at risk and could easily end up forking out to get it skimmed later. It'd be a good learning experience but if the €50 risk doesn't pay off, I wonder would you be as well off looking for another ZX, even good ones can't be worth much more than €300 to €500 in the current climate and you could easily pay that to get the gasket done.


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    JoeySully
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    just buy a new one for the time and cost of replacing the head! :)
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1090924

    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1298026


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