Stewartasb

So mine was leaking slightly so decided to change it you know the tricky one under the battery anyhow all fitted was running the car to temp to get the fans to come on so I knew the sensor was working but they never kicked I checked fuses and fine anyway to do a proper test obviously after just changing my head gasket I don't want to over heat the car and ruin all that hard work.

Classic sepulchrave comment that

must have been the muppets at the factory when the engine was built i thought it was weird lol thanks guys.

hey all so fuel economy is back up now thanks guys just a saft one when I did the work and stripped the exhaust manifold off the metal gaskets there were 2 of each on all of them now I replaced them all but just 1 of each as i assumed it must have been an error at engine build or should I have actually put 2 of each on ???

Yes sorry meant sensor 2.

Got you thanks for that sepulchrave will do that now then take it for a spin down the motorway :P

erm how do i reset the ecu please ???

hey all, Just a little update so car seems to be running well oil and coolant staying seperate lol and levels good car is driving well only thing is the fuel economy seems to be a bit down and my scan software says fuel bank 2 is running a bit rich do you think I maybe need to reset the hydraulic tappets again as im assuming this issue is down to maybe I did not get it quite on the nose when setting thoughts please ???

Yeah it had gone really brittle and split in a couple of places was taped up lol.

Found one

any ideas on a online shop i can get one of these from i cant find them lol.

Yeah you might have a point there cant change it now anyway its all done so see how it goes ive not driven it much since i did it as been working away will give it a good drive i guess see what happens.

yeah guess so tbh as I had looked in my hayes manual and then it was verified on here I never read this leaflet with the set guess the torque values have changed maybe bec ause its a newer gasket and better tech now hmmmmm.

Just checked it says 14nm hope ive not stuffed up then :(

Just a quick one I was just reading the info that came with my head gasket kit and 11 to 14 they state 14nm I did the 20nm as suggested have I over tightened those then ???

Ahhh got you thanks for clearing that up 👍

Good to know only thing concerning me is I've seen it 3 different colours a yellow,green and purplish thought it was meant to be one standard colour.

Cheers bud as always do any of you happen to know if its okay for me to use the new g13 coolant in my system instead of the g12 it says its just not compatable on older copper radiatiors with lead solder joints so I should be okay yes ???

Hi all, Does anyone happen to know the diameter of this flexible hose is it 70mm or 76mm ???

gasket recieved tmb your a Legend

Your a super star will message you now thanks bud

I cant find one anywhere mate tbh I wanted to do it straight off but could not find one let me know bud I don't mind paying you for it 👍

Cheers tmb ok last question i promise lol any idea where I can get a new throttle body gasket from cant find one anywhere ???

Got you cheers wino my fault I was reading something about checking headbolts I will keep well away promise lol 😆

hey all, Just a quick question now ive been driving around do I need to check the torques on the head bolts or just leave alone now ???