bigrichsri
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Right, here goes.... Head gasket blew on my disco a couple of weeks ago, overheated and blew all of the water out of the header tank. Anyway, I had the head skimmed and replaced the head gasket with a 3 notch one (2 notch previously), not sure how much they took off of the head but must have been about 0.3mm judging by how much I had to adjust the rockers, which means the compression ratio will be slightly higher. I've been driving it steady, 2500RPM max since the work, but a couple of days ago I noticed a ticking that got faster the more I increased the revs, only when under load. Is this likely to be the head gasket again and what is the thickest gasket I can get to make up the deficit? There's no unusual temp changes, no mayo on the oil filler etc.
Only heard under load and sounded like a mechanical tapping that got louder under load, just like a tappet sound. When in the engine bay and stood almost nothing could be heard and no gases seen near it.
