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 Post subject: just did the head on my car and used a AU head gasket
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:23 pm 
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just did the head on my car and used a AU head gasket as most of you know and i still have blue smoke and water out my exhaust pipe now can i take the head of and do my rings and still use the AU head gasket that i just put on like less then two weeks ago and less then 500 ks
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:26 pm 
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not a good idea, i wouldnt...
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:27 pm 
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TROYMAN wrote:
not a good idea, i wouldnt...

why its the metal one
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 Post subject: Re: just did the head on my car and used a AU head gasket
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:31 pm 
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because the raised sealing section of the gasket has been flatend from the first time it was fitted, same for the head bolts once used they have lost there strength and will not hold tension if used again...
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:38 pm 
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ok i get it now. ok this has my mine lost i have heaps of water and and black crap coming out the exhaust most of the time but more when the car is cold and i have blue smoke on take off but once car is warm the blue smoke is gone but if i let the car sit for 1 or 2 hours it will blow smoke again to warm my spark plugs are the normal colour light white tan brown i have put stop smoke in to see if helps not sure if it has or not
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:42 pm 
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sure the heads not cracked sounds like it could be.valve stem seals letting oil in as well .
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:50 pm 
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sure the heads not cracked sounds like it could be.valve stem seals letting oil in as well .

well i got the head off here from some guy called splatt that said it was reco and had proof of reco head he had it on hes car for no longer then two hours because of hes gudgeon pins and took the head off and put it away for two years and i got it of him the head looked ok it was still clean as and there was hardly any carbon build up on it so maybe i should have got it checked so
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:15 pm 
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Was the head done because of a blown gasket? If so water out the exhaust could be from when that blew. If the car was not blowing blue smoke before then it could be caused by hardened or incorrectly sized valve stem seals which can be replaced without removal of the head. If the mating surfaces on the block were cleaned up prior to the new head going on and new head bolts used and tensioned correctly then probably best looking at these points first.

 

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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:22 pm 
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Was the head done because of a blown gasket? If so water out the exhaust could be from when that blew. If the car was not blowing blue smoke before then it could be caused by hardened or incorrectly sized valve stem seals which can be replaced without removal of the head. If the mating surfaces on the block were cleaned up prior to the new head going on and new head bolts used and tensioned correctly then probably best looking at these points first.



this what happen ust want to know 92 eb 6cyl 4.0 just wanted to know how to tell if i have still got the original head gasket numbers are 90 DA 6051 AA 03/01 thanks it was getting hot and i riped the guts out of thermostat and it was still getting and i was getting condensation out the exhast pipe big time it was just pouring out and it was blowing blue smoke i hard reves i have the head of and it looks like gasket is ok so now im not sure what's going
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:27 pm 
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use some punctuation, be alot easier to read/understand.
was the head skimmed?
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:29 pm 
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use some punctuation, be alot easier to read/understand.
was the head skimmed?

sorry about the punctuation, no the head was not skimmed.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:46 pm 
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If the blue smoke clears and returns after its been sitting then I would suspect the Valve Stem seals are leaking first. Does it blow a puff of smoke when lifting off the gas?

 

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If the blue smoke clears and returns after its been sitting then I would suspect the Valve Stem seals are leaking first. Does it blow a puff of smoke when lifting off the gas?


Does it blow a puff of smoke when lifting off the gas [no it does not do that. Only if you put you foot down to take off then stop when warm if you over take it will blow a little
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 Post subject: Re: just did the head on my car and used a AU head gasket
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:00 pm 
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Head should have been skimmed before fitting and with the oil smoke it sounds like the valve stem seals are stuffed. Looks like its time for a reco. Troyman is right, you need to use a new head gasket as well as headbolts.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:11 pm 
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Head should have been skimmed before fitting and with the oil smoke it sounds like the valve stem seals are stuffed. Looks like its time for a reco. Troyman is right, you need to use a new head gasket as well as headbolts.
so ok valve stems need to be done. so what do you thing about the water out the exhaust ?
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