Just now, Stewartasb said:

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 👍

 

Just PM me where to send it and I will sort it. Don't want any money

Your a super star will message you now thanks bud

25 minutes ago, Stewartasb said:

Your a super star will message you now thanks bud

 

No probs. I just nipped round and popped it in the post box, so should be with you pretty quickly

gasket recieved tmb your a Legend 

4 hours ago, Stewartasb said:

gasket recieved tmb your a Legend 

 

No probs mate

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 ???

Check again that it doesn't say 14 ft-lb, which is about the same as 20Nm.

Edited 15 May, 20215 yr by Wino

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

If nothing broke, you'll not have any trouble.

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.

Or the instructions that came in your set are wrong...

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.

9 hours ago, Wino said:

Or the instructions that came in your set are wrong...

 

That's what I think as well. It will be fine at 20Nm

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 ???

2 minutes ago, Stewartasb said:

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 ???

 

No, try resetting the ECU and taking the car for a long drive to get the dynamic map leaned out.

erm how do i reset the ecu please ???

13 minutes ago, Stewartasb said:

erm how do i reset the ecu please ???

 

Disconnect the battery for a bit or use a code reader to clear faults even if there aren't any.

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

12 hours ago, Stewartasb said:

my scan software says fuel bank 2 is running a bit rich

 

You must mean 'sensor 2' as there is no 'bank 2' on 4 cylinder engines.

Yes sorry meant sensor 2.

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 ???

7 minutes ago, Stewartasb said:

the exhaust manifold off the metal gaskets there were 2 of each

!!?

Only ever fit 1 gasket unless you're using a double head gasket as a bodge to drop the compression ratio!

Yeah, should be just one of each.

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