Suspected Head Gasket Failure

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Wookie

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Hi Folks,

Rover brewed up big style today had to be recovered by RAC.

I'm guessing that its a couple of days labour to fix, but does anyone know how much the gaskets, head bolts etc cost.
Don't want to skimp on the job, just trying to get an idea of the total cost and what should be done before I book it in.

Cheers

Andy
 
Wookie there are causes other than the head gasket for a V8 to boil over . I had
a blocked rad matrix after green lanning it boiled like a kettle cleaned the rad and its been fine . Just saying I would check the rad ,hoses , fan ,ect first V8s do run very hot at the best of times.
 
Yeah mate 3.9 petrol, should have stated that.
Shame is that a previous owner paid over £3K for a re-build a few years and 40K ago, and until yesterday it ran sweet as anything.
Put my foot down to overtake a vehicle, just got past and loads of white stuff out of the back, wouldn't rev over about 1500rpm running rough.
Didn't overheat on the guage until I was pulling up.
 
Thanks for the advice guys, was a bit pee'd off when I posted last night.

Noticed it had just stopped raining so went out to have a look.
Only managed to get about 5L of water in before it poured out again, radiator is fubar!!.
Started up briefly and there is still a misfire but will rev smoother than yesterday.

Left a message for my mechanic earlier, hoping he will call in on his way to work in the morning and tow me down to his place if needs be and check things out.
Hopefully I've been lucky and the missfire is just damp.
 
What a pain in the bum removing the radiator is.
Wasn't helped by a butchered jubilee clip in the bottom left corner, but removing an oil cooler connection in the bottom right corner was just as bad.

Because of access the only way to do this is by removing the viscous fan, according to my mechanic this needs a special tool which I will borrow tomorrow.

Quotes for a new rad were in the region of £370, so going to have the rad repaired/reconned.
If anyone is interested prices start at £35 for a repair which sounds good to me.
 
I had the 4.6 hse, had to change the radaitor, and I never had any tool Its quiet easy to do on a ramp. problem in the end was a cracked engine block. put my car into engine ware house in sollihull, and never seen my car again on the road, ****s are cons
 
Wookie said:
What a pain in the bum removing the radiator is.
Wasn't helped by a butchered jubilee clip in the bottom left corner, but removing an oil cooler connection in the bottom right corner was just as bad.

Because of access the only way to do this is by removing the viscous fan, according to my mechanic this needs a special tool which I will borrow tomorrow.

Quotes for a new rad were in the region of £370, so going to have the rad repaired/reconned.
If anyone is interested prices start at £35 for a repair which sounds good to me.
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The tool for removing the fan is not that special - you can buy viscous fan spanners in Halfrauds but you can use pretty much any open ended inch and a quarter spanner. The tricky bit is if the fan is tight holding everything still to be able to get it to undo and don't forget it is left hand thread. Oh and don't forget to have a piece of cardboard or similar in front of the fan to protect the rad - or at least when you get the repaired rad back 'cause you don't want to put a hole in it putting the fan back on.
 
Well the fan is off but took 2 hours.:mad:
30 mins wasted with the spanner and a hammer, and 90 mins with the air chisel running at 80psi shocking it around.
Nut is well butchered in a couple of places but a quick wire brushing and some WD40 and it now spins on the threads like a top

Rang Ricketts who collected my rad and they are optimistic about being able to repair rather than re-core so some good news anyway.
All I need now is some feeling back in my hands........:)
 
my special...extra cores hand built feck off rad was less than 370!!

try ringing around next time!!!
 
Must have done a bit of ringing around cos the repair cost is 10% of the new rad. The other issue is that the quote includes collection and return of the rad, can't ask for better than that..
 
Bad news about the rad, needed a re-core so the cost inc vat was £222.
Installation was easy with the fan removed and so far so good.
My mechanic is a bit concerned about the amount of pressure in the top hose, and has advised me to keep checking for air blockages, bubling in the expansion tank when starting from cold.
 
Jobs done now but was that for a standard rad or one like mine with the oil cooler pipes running through it.
A standard re-core is around £90, but mine wasn't one of those:mad:.
 
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