My Head has gone

[Hazzo]

Did you leave it till the weather got nice n cold for a purpose, get it back together sharpish or you'll be up to the bonnet in snow up there and you won't be able to play, where are you anyway, Scotland's quite a big place. H

[KERRSURF]

When I released the head bolts on mine I got a little 'whoosh' as pressure was released, good tug on a 2 ft breaker bar got them out. Oil em up before you put new ones back in.

[Surfsupdudes]

Did you leave it till the weather got nice n cold for a purpose, get it back together sharpish or you'll be up to the bonnet in snow up there and you won't be able to play, where are you anyway, Scotland's quite a big place. H

No I was off work for months, and have just went back so that takes mon-fri up, I have the wknd but then its weather dependant, I live right next to Faslane?

When I released the head bolts on mine I got a little 'whoosh' as pressure was released, good tug on a 2 ft breaker bar got them out. Oil em up before you put new ones back in.

Ok thanks mate.

[Surfsupdudes]

got head off looks like a lot of cracks?

[Hazzo]

clean up between the valves with a little solvent, take more pics and post again, the only cracks visible to me there are on the injector seats which I think you can just replace, you might just get away with the head skimming and testing before refitting, mine were highly visible. H

[KERRSURF]

This looks like a crack between the valve ports.

[Hazzo]

its the general manky condition, though your pic looks more like a crack there, mine must have been ready to split in half by the time I changed it out it was one hell of a lot cleaner throughout even though it was f***ed. H

[KERRSURF]

Mine too, looks like a lot of gasket still attached to his.

[soramad]

whats the mark between the hole and the inlet valve? i presume the hole is where the glow plug is situated never having taken a diesel engine head off before i can only assume thats what it is, if it was a petrol head its where the plug would be.

[KERRSURF]

whats the mark between the hole and the inlet valve? i presume the hole is where the glow plug is situated never having taken a diesel engine head off before i can only assume thats what it is, if it was a petrol head its where the plug would be.

No thats the combustion port, the injector goes into head above that.

[Surfsupdudes]

so with that crack between the valve ports is it scrap metal?
thanks for all replys

Paul

[soramad]

No thats the combustion port, the injector goes into head above that.

thanks for that i have never owned or worked on a diesel engine before, but know my way round petrol engines as i used to race them years ago , webber 40/45dcoe's, piper cams,gas flowing heads etc yep years ago now

[Hazzo]

so with that crack between the valve ports is it scrap metal?
thanks for all replys

Paul

If its deffo a crack then yes its scrap, depending where you buy another head from they'll want the old one intact from you, they reuse valves cams etc on the built heads. H

[Surfsupdudes]

If its deffo a crack then yes its scrap, depending where you buy another head from they'll want the old one intact from you, they reuse valves cams etc on the built heads. H

been working like a dog, but I will have a closer look this weekend, as memory serves I am sure it is a crack, although I need to clean the head up and have another look, just want to say thanks Hazzo for helping me, I would have been up Sh1t creek otherwise mate.

[Surfsupdudes]

This looks like a crack between the valve ports.

yup it sure is, ah well.