200tdi discovery head gasket failure

Hi Guys.

I'm about at the end of the line with my 200tdi discovery. Its beginning to be a bit of a money pit now. Latest problem is head gasket blowing from rear of cylinder 4 in to the bulkhead. I think this is a expensive job to fix so I'm gonna through in the towel on it. My question is how much would I expect to sell it for in this condition it has 3 months test and 4 months tax and in reasonable cond for a L reg.

£400 tops, in my opinion.

Mark L said:

£400 tops, in my opinion.

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I have done various jobs on it over the past year including clutch fork ,exhaust, slave cyl ,master cyl , water pump lots of welding also. I think this is the last straw.

head gasket easy to do £50 tops get it fixed and keep it

defender11069 said:

head gasket easy to do £50 tops

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would that be a diy job i can only really do basic jobs never tried anything so major

74jay said:

would that be a diy job i can only really do basic jobs never tried anything so major

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i never done it bfor took me and a mate one saturday to do

Not too difficult just a bit time consuming. Haynes or rave manual will show you how to do it.

its just the head bolts 18 to do that takes so long fatboy11 right its tels ya in the haynes

You'll need an angle gauge and 2' breaker bar for head bolts.

if you do decide to sell would you let me know. as reguardsdoing the cylinder head gasket it really is not too difficult as mentioned, lots of info on here how to do it just use the search system.



ron.

Done h/g on both disco's now. not a bad job, and like others have said rave or Haynes will show you the way. Angle gauge is a must, as you have 3 steps to follow on the 200tdi engine for the head bolt tightening

Fatboy11 said:

You'll need an angle gauge and 2' breaker bar for head bolts.

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we only had a normal tork rench i got wife to print a protractor off computer held it on top jobs a good one lol

angle gauge doesn't cost that much thou. think its 30degrees at 60nm twice, can't remember now

thanks for all the positive replies guys. I am gonna sleep on it for now

IIRC the bolt nearest the bulkhead cannot be removed while the head is in position. So you need to remember to that one back into the head and be careful when offering the head back on.

I paid about £4 for my laser angle gauge, it isn't the dial type but does the job just the same.

alex8882 said:

angle gauge doesn't cost that much thou. think its 30degrees at 60nm twice, can't remember now

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thats right mate

Lol thought it was. As for the head bolts I think there are two rear bolts that you can't get out because of the bulkhead. Also remember to put those same bolt/bolts back in before you offer the head back up. You may need to cut down a old 19mm socker to do the rear ones, or atleast I had to on my 300tdi, otherwise you can't get the angle gauge,and torque on as the scuttle panel fouls it