200Tdi Head.

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Steve Tayior

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #1

Simple question:
Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine re-bore
man, it can. Who is right !

Thanks

Steve

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #2

On or around Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:33:23 +0000, Steve Tayior
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Simple question:
>Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
>According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine re-bore
>man, it can. Who is right !

boogered if I know.

is it suspected to have been cooked, or is it just old?

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Steve Taylor

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #3

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:33:23 +0000, Steve Tayior
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
>>Simple question:
>>Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
>>According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine re-bore
>>man, it can. Who is right !
>
>
> boogered if I know.
>
> is it suspected to have been cooked, or is it just old?
>

Boogered if I know either - I put the thing on a surface plate at work,
and I couldn't see any warping, but I am still at a loss to explain what
popped the middle two pistons on the engine I am rebuilding...No signs
of blown gasket AFAIK, no marks on the head.

Mis-clamped when reassembled ?

Anyhow -its BEEN reskimmed, so I'm knackered now, if there is a problem
with having it done.

Steve

 

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beamendsltd

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #4

In message <[email protected]>
Steve Tayior <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Simple question:
> Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
> According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine re-bore
> man, it can. Who is right !
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
We've had several done with no comment from the engine place,
including mine (well, more of a severe polish really on mine).

Richard

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EMB

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #5

Steve Tayior wrote:
>
> Simple question:
> Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
> According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine re-bore
> man, it can. Who is right !

IME yes but.... there's a slight possibility of valves and pistons
meeting after a skim. You can overcome this by re-cutting the valve
seats to move the valves back into the head by the same amount you skim
off it.

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Steve Taylor

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #6

EMB wrote:
> Steve Tayior wrote:
>
>>
>> Simple question:
>> Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
>> According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine
>> re-bore man, it can. Who is right !
>
>
> IME yes but.... there's a slight possibility of valves and pistons
> meeting after a skim. You can overcome this by re-cutting the valve
> seats to move the valves back into the head by the same amount you skim
> off it.
>


Thanks for all your help, and Richard and Austin. I am relieved to hear
its alright to do it.

Steve

 

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Marc Draper

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #7

> Thanks for all your help, and Richard and Austin. I am relieved to hear
> its alright to do it.


Bit late but rest assured it will be fine. I have had loads done with no
problems.

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Steve Taylor

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #8

Marc Draper wrote:
>>Thanks for all your help, and Richard and Austin. I am relieved to hear
>>its alright to do it.
>
>
>
> Bit late but rest assured it will be fine. I have had loads done with no
> problems.

Phew, thanks for the sanity check Marc.

Steve

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Feb 28, 2005

• #9

On or around Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:46:32 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Steve Tayior wrote:
>>
>> Simple question:
>> Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
>> According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine re-bore
>> man, it can. Who is right !
>
>IME yes but.... there's a slight possibility of valves and pistons
>meeting after a skim. You can overcome this by re-cutting the valve
>seats to move the valves back into the head by the same amount you skim
>off it.

I suspect there are graded gaskets, if so, fit the fattest one.

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"If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect
other people to be entirely to your liking?"
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Pantelis Giamarellos

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• Mar 1, 2005

• #10

Austin Hi,

AFAIK there are three different types of head gaskets and their difference
is their thickness.
The easy way to check what is what is by looking at how many holes there are
in the visible part of the head gasket when fitted on the engine. One hole
is the thinner, two holes is the medium thickness (and usually fitted on the
engines when they leave the factory) and three holes for the thicker
variant.
I guess it would be prudent to fit the thicker type when skimming the head.

Have not done it but it sounds logical.

Take care
Pantelis

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:46:32 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Steve Tayior wrote:
> >>
> >> Simple question:
> >> Can the 200Tdi cylinder head be skimmed ?
> >> According to the service manual it can't, according to my engine
re-bore
> >> man, it can. Who is right !
> >
> >IME yes but.... there's a slight possibility of valves and pistons
> >meeting after a skim. You can overcome this by re-cutting the valve
> >seats to move the valves back into the head by the same amount you skim
> >off it.
>
> I suspect there are graded gaskets, if so, fit the fattest one.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
> "If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect
> other people to be entirely to your liking?"
> Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xvi.