thanks i will check it out, does bubbles in header tank indicate head problem, even after 1 hr bubbles still coming out, more if i rev it:confused:

my drive is quite steep but will try ramps aswell, cant understand how it drives great with no overheating or smoke or oil in water or water in oil, tried lifting expansion tank up above engine but still loads of bubbles 15 mins plus, i can get heater working but if say a hr later it blows cold...

redid it this way, undid expansion tank top , removed rad bung, topped up tank untill rad was full, replaced rad bung, put funnel into expansion tank and filled up so above engine, removed thermo plug and coolant came out, put thermo plug back in and ran with funnel full above engine in...

hichecked expansion tank but no bubbles, coolant is right up to neck, had to fill up coolant this morning , about 2 pints, have noticed that theres a drip of water coming from that bend on the bottom of downpipe ( braided bendy bit )water not dripping onto exhaust, when i filled up coolant via...

hi, just fitted a new headgasket and second hand head, skimmed and tested, car runs fine no overheating, loads of power, no smoke, heater was blowing cold so bled it and warm air, great, today its blowing cold air again so put funnel into thermo hole and filled that and ran car, squeezed hoses...

update, fitted recon head, skimmed etc, starts up ok but no hot air from heater and loads of white smoke, temp stays mid way so not overheating, any ideas what i can do, its doing my head in:confused:

going to try and tap a m10 hole and insert new studs but rockershaft as m8 holes, were can i get a stud with m10 bottom but m8 top, dont know what they are calledm any ideas anyone;)

hi im ready to take head off, read threads on how to but just wondered about the front of head were belts are, do i have to take anything off that area , i know hoses have to be taken off, thanks:o

hi im after a 300tdi head with rockershaft still on, im in leicester , cheers:)

goes from bad to worse, lifted out rocker shaft to helicoil bolt holes but then find its already been done, one bolt was snapped off then to make it worse found rocker shaft was snapped in between join, so decided to go down the second hand head route, if anyone has one with rockershaft still on...

im tempted to try helicoil but when we took the old bolts out something looking like a old helicoil came with it, not sure if it was or could of been a bit of old ali thread, can you re helicoil if its been done before, to be fair helicoil does look easy to do as long as i watch swarf etc, i did...

cheers for that, been qouted £160 to fit inserts by engineering firm who said helicoil wasnt strong enough and he will fit the special inserts that would last, dont know which way to go, £160 or diy helicoil £20, big price difference but if i dont do it right could end up *uck*d:)

cheers, looking at ebay for kit, not sure if bolts are old af or metric but will have a look

how do i find what size helicoil i need, do i measure up bolt shaft ?

i will look into helicoil, what if i drill next size up and tap them and fit new bolts ?