[risk30uk]

Hi all, just had a head gasket replacement, but still coolant getting into no1 cylinder, what’s next? I need to check if the garage changed the inlet manifold gasket too….is this a likely culprit ?

 

[risk30uk]

Just checked receipt and it says inlet and exhaust gaskets replaced

 

[Roverlike]

To me this looks like either poor repair job on gaskets or crack in the head. In either case it would be head off again and pressure test the head.

 

[YasmineGotham]

shoddy repair job

 

[risk30uk]

Sooo….they hadn’t changed the inlet manifold gasket…..they said it’s unlikely to be that but they’d change it anyway…..thoughts?

 

[Roverlike]

Coolant comming into cylinder no 1 or 4 is known issue when first thing to look for is manifold gasket.

 

[gnu]

If that garage reused the IMG, I would not trust them to check the oil!

 

[gnu]

I had a similar experience (failed HG repair) with a garage a few years back and ended up doing the job myself. I’ve done most of the work on my cars ever since…

R214 back from the dead (Head Gasket Change)

BACKGROUND The Rover 214 was suffering coolant loss at the rate of 300 ml in 300 miles. There were no visible external leaks. I thought that the quickest solution would be to put it into a local garage for repair. When I did so, unsurprisingly, they diagnosed Head Gasket Failure (HGF) and set...

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[Boco]

Hi all, just had a head gasket replacement, but still coolant getting into no1 cylinder, what’s next? I need to check if the garage changed the inlet manifold gasket too….is this a likely culprit ?

Just a thought does the head skimmed I

 

[HughmR]

If the head was not skimmed then it is likely going to be a problem. I had against Rovers instruction did so on my 2.0 lt TDI. It worked. I also had the valve set back done as well as a stainless steel shim made to make up for the skim. There is a trick to this and that is using locktight on the Head to Shim interface just before fitting with a new gasket.
The other was that I torqued to the first settings then waited a few minutes. Then re torqued at the same setting, then did it again before the 90 And 90 finish torques.
The vmotor has been fine now for 50 K.
Hope this helps.