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I had a bit of this on mine also I just wire brushed it then sanded it sprayed a rust resistant under coat then painted the lower sill there with a black car underseal.

Hi again just thought I would post the costs of doing this in case anyone is considering it and wants to know the costs involved. victor reinz head gasket kit this included a new gasket for the rocker cover plus the stem valve seals and the exhaust manifold new seals plus the head gasket itself £70 new head bolt set £25 change of oil £32 oil filter £12 head reskim plus stem valve seal fitting £80 total £219 and basically 1 day to strip took head to machine shop and they skimmed and did seals recollected that day, day 2 rebuild and reset of hydraulic valves. Just for comparison I asked my local garage beforehand and including them getting the skim etc they quoted me £760 erm rather have the saving and know its been done correctly

Thanks tmb

I know bud but its not how I am I prefer to get stuff done before it becomes a failure on that note does anyone have the torque setting for the top nut and also for the anti roll bar bush bracket as i still have not done the drivers side and now is a perfect opportunity lol thanks in advance again

Cheers guys will try those out im going to swop out my ball joints and track rod ends now while I'm at it as I've done the rest of front suspension thanks again 👍

Check your oil filler cap have you got white mayo in it sounds like mine was head gasket mate 😥

Guess I best find where to get a nut splitter from thanks again guys

Thats what I thought mate weird size lol makes sense now as I had done the other side last year and is a 6mm allen key thats what threw me out makes sense now youve said that but im not sure how im going to cut it off ???

I have the ball joint splitter but I cant get the nut off as the ball joint spline keeps spinning as the allen key part has been rounded off.

Me again. Ok so when I had my mot I had 2 advisories the offside anti roll bar link and track/tie rod end the rubbers were degraded and would need changing at some point so came to do this today and the track rod end I used my breaker bar to crack the nut then when I tried to put the allen key in the top spline it appears it was rounded off I assume on instalation when being torqued up so Im unable to get the locking nut off as the spline spins any ideas how to resaolve this issue please ???

Hi all once again thanks for the help again head gasket is all changed and done now seems to be fine good job as well as when I came to drain the oil I actually had pure coolant drip out first and the oil was chocolate milkshake bearing in mind it was only changed 3 months ago the gasket was shot.

Will I have to remove all the valves out of the head for them to skim it or can it be done as is ???

Yes ive got it booked for a head skim on the weekend must admit though im a bit concerned about this setting the valves im worried its a bit past my skill set lol :(

Thanks as always for the advice guys

Thanks for that guys 1 last thing I was watching a tutorial and it says the head bolt settings are 20nm is that correct as it seems a low setting ???

Hi all, Doing head gasket this weekend does anyone know where I can get a decent set of new head bolts from I already have the gasket but was told best to swop out bolts as well ???

Is there a detailed guide to fitting one of these please ???

I used outdoor gutter sealant £12 and 2 hours work and all 4 doors resealed no leaks since.

No the guy was there cleaning the pumps after use and he noticed and told me because I was not allowed to start my car I had to be pushed out the petrol station before I was allowed to start it up lol.

Some did drivble out as I pulled the pump gun out but it seemed to be a lot on the floor for what splashed out I did totally fill the tank

Guess do yes all I can say is it is right up the top of the filler neck where it leaked from is there some sort of seal or rubber pipe at the top end that could have leaked im a bit stuffed atm as I have a tank full of fuel

Got you nice one for that will do it tomorrow

Hi when I filled up today I noticed a slight puddle of fuel under the car ive checked all the pipes and tank and it appears its coming from the fuel filler neck right up near the top where the fuel goes in so im assuming the pipe has gone on it does anyone know where i could buy a replacment from please ???

Lol so your basically willing to put your life at risk if you have an accident if you cannot sort out the airbag issue just so you can be hands on wheel to turn the radio up wow

Hi im looking into possibly changing the front seats as the drivers is quite worn now and would like something with a bit more support if possible anyone know what might fit into mine as an upgrade without having to go adapting them ???