Head Gasket

:roll: Does anyone know what thickness the Volvo gasket is ?
Good to know I can cook a chicken in the bay though

Somewhere between 1.47 and 1.7mm

:roll: Does anyone know what thickness the Volvo gasket is ?
Good to know I can cook a chicken in the bay though

Somewhere between 1.47 and 1.7mm

Ohhhh goody At 1.47 can I cook Turkey

:roll: Does anyone know what thickness the Volvo gasket is ?
Good to know I can cook a chicken in the bay though

Somewhere between 1.47 and 1.7mm

Ohhhh goody At 1.47 can I cook Turkey

Nearly...

..and just for reference, all these GTA's you see going up in flames - its not from fuel leaks, its just the gas mark was up too high....

Well, I'm certainly learnin' - Mr G is great at the theory ain't he?

Oh, and Renault tried everything short of givnig the car an open engine bay and louvered decklid *smug mode*

And when you say "broken two Skylines" what exactly do you mean.....?

(BTW bought mine knowingly with a fecked turbo, replaced for £75 secondhand, bit flukey though. What wasn't so clever was the split core plug behind the flywheel. Oh well, it needed a clutch too.....)

And when you say "broken two Skylines" what exactly do you mean.....?

Ive broken two GTS-T's this year..(crashed damaged bought for breaking)

The headgaskets that have come off have no notches and measure 1.60 thick .So maybe the Volvo ones are thicker and will suit . Some of the other bits in this kit should be of use also ,rocker covers,cam ends ,exhaust ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HEAD-GASKET-SET-V ... dZViewItem

Just taken out my plugs and noticed tiny little specks of rust round the edges of a couple - two that are next to each other - am I going to need a Head Gasket kit soon? or could there be some other highly plausible explanation?

It does lose coolant over the course of a couple of long runs but not a huge amount - expansion bottle smells a bit exhaust fumey. Any test that I can do to confirm head gasket knackeredness or should I just get on Ebay, get the bits and get on with the job before it fails in some spectacular way?

Just ignore it and it will go away I'll see if those guys will do a bulk order discount if it's the right kit

unless bleepoo bids for all 88 available sets?

How soon wil you know if the kit will work? First run up to full boost or before that?

measure the thickness ,if it 1.70 ish use, if not But the other bits in the kit will be of use I think .If not then sell it to a Stainless fetishist

Yep I'll defo pay good money for unused 91mm head gaskets

(funnily enough there's a guy on one of the DeLorean forums called Stainless Fetishist....)

Nowhere near as funny as the guy on Pistonheads called "Touching Cloth". I think he drives a TVR

Did anyone ever figure out whether this gasket set would definitely do for a GTA turbo or not? .....desperate to get my xmas list off to santa

No not yet ,I'll take a chance and get one .The gaskets off the Baccara lump were 1.70 thick also but had two nicks out the side TBH as Stunned said , the amount of carbon I scraped off the pistons and heads would have been well over the 0.30 difference .
If not I've priced it all up from Simon Autos ................

Gaskets .........

011006/ EUR 55,68
011007/ EUR 55,68
011010/ EUR 17,40
011011/ EUR 12,76
011017/ EUR 4,64
011035/ EUR 8,70
011036/ EUR 8,70

Seals .............

011031/ EUR 15,08
011032/ EUR 10,74
011033/ EUR 16,47

Bearings .............

011064/ EUR 61,48
011068/ EUR 80,04

Piston Rings only ????/ yes = Nr. 011154, EUR 27,00 for 1 piston

011062 x6 / EUR 172,84

All parts are in stock/ Prices are inkl. Tax/Vat/ Shipping to UK = EUR 14,00

Best regards
Andreas Simon

Bargain of the year
Kit has arrived ,1.60 thick ,Z7U is listed on the tech spec
Not only that but you get almost a full rebuild kit ,all gaskets apart from the rear crank .Front crank seal is there, along with ,o rings , copper washers and .........................valve stem seals
All looks to be top quality .....http://www.bgautomotive.co.uk/