Head Gasket

[spooky1067]

Hi all, new to galaxy site, I'm member of the mondeo one, we have just bought a 51 plate 19tdi ghia.

Only had it 3 weeks and the head gasket has gone, does anyone know the going rate for it to be repaired.

Any info would be greatful. many thanks , steve

[gregers]

welcome to the forum,im sure someone will be along to answer your question,

as your a member of the mondy forum,it may even be your ole mucker mirez who answers?:(:wacko:

[spooky1067]

Hi yeah thanks lol.

I booked car in the garage, the price i was given was about

[gregers]

just a thought was this bought from a dealer or a private sale?

[spooky1067]

just a thought was this bought from a dealer or a private sale?

 

was private sale m8

Edited September 18, 2010 by spooky1067

[andyw2000]

Hi Steve,

 

What were the symptoms that you were getting with the car to suspect the head gasket?

Mine is pressurising the cooling system and does loose a little bit of water but has no white smoke or oil in water/ water in oil. I found the aux electric water pump wasn't working so fixed that but its still pressurising the system and if I go over 65 the gauge goes above 90 degrees but below stays at 90 but the heater has a mind of its own, sometimes its lovely and hot and other times its stone cold.

I have a new water pump and cam belt kit to go on it but was thinking the head would have to come off first to sort the gasket but seeing your post made me more optimistic.

 

Regards

Andy

[spooky1067]

Hi Andy,

The car was losing about a pint a day in water and every now and again was losing power.

Heater wasn't getting hot.

My wife took it to a garage and they said head had gone.

I took it to another garage which they said the water wasn't circulating.

They found some leaky water hoses so I guess that

[seatkid]

Just be aware on diesels head gasket failures / cracks in cylinder head can often be traced to the use of tuning boxes and remapped engines. Examine the head carefully, particularly around the exhaust valves for signs of cracking otherwise you may still be chasing cooling problems after the rebuild.

[andyw2000]

Thanks for the reply's, I have now bit the bullet and stripped the engine down.

I took the head off yesterday and removed all the internals and took it to be skimmed today.

I'm picking up some new seals (water housing side of head and oil filter housing seal) from Fords and new valve stem oil seals from Euro car parts as Fords wanted