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Re: Soggy Street Ka ... -
10-19-2009
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Arfa Daily wrote: OK then. That's two pro opinions in favour of the head gasket. Just looking on the bright side, if it could be the inlet manifold gasket, how does that work ? I wasn't aware that there was any (normally) exposed waterway that was prevented from coming into contact with the inlet airway, by the IM gasket. What is the purpose of such a blocked connection between the two ? often manifolds have water running through a passageway and on into the head, sometimes that gasket can fail on the inside so that water leaks into the manifold and then into the cylinders. K series were famous for it. If it is the IM gasket then you will spot that as you take that off before the head usually. |
need a new head. They don't take kindly to being boiled. They're
bombproof until you boil 'em. Sorry.
The one I'm talking about had a hairline crack in the header tank, water
made its exit on the motorway, driver thought "It'll be ok to limp it to
the services" and that was it. One dead cylinder head.
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Pete M - OMF#9
'62 Rover P4 100
'61 Rover P5 3 litre
'78 Escort 1300 Sport
'99 Audi A6 V6 Quattro Avant
"It's an Alfa, it will go wrong, it will piss you off, why should your
Alfa experience be different from everyone else's.
Now get back out there and swear at it before something else breaks."
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Mrcheerful wrote: Arfa Daily wrote: OK then. That's two pro opinions in favour of the head gasket. Just looking on the bright side, if it could be the inlet manifold gasket, how does that work ? I wasn't aware that there was any (normally) exposed waterway that was prevented from coming into contact with the inlet airway, by the IM gasket. What is the purpose of such a blocked connection between the two ? often manifolds have water running through a passageway and on into the head, sometimes that gasket can fail on the inside so that water leaks into the manifold and then into the cylinders. K series were famous for it. If it is the IM gasket then you will spot that as you take that off before the head usually. If my experience with a SportKa recently is anything to go by, it'll need a new head. They don't take kindly to being boiled. They're bombproof until you boil 'em. Sorry. The one I'm talking about had a hairline crack in the header tank, water made its exit on the motorway, driver thought "It'll be ok to limp it to the services" and that was it. One dead cylinder head. -- Pete M - OMF#9 |
OK regarding how the IM gasket can cause the problem, and OK on the
potential bad news of cracked head after overheat. I think that it now may
all be becoming academic anyway. The owner of the garage that she originally
bought it from, is a sort of 'distant' friend, and he is now going to take
it to his place to look it over and give her a trade-in figure, as she has
been disillusioned with it for some time now, having spent a number of
hundreds of pounds on it over the last 18 months, on various minor and
semi-major problems. Just to cap it all off, her little Fester that she has
had for some years since she passed her test, has just failed its MOT to the
tune of several hundred quid, so is also not worth spending any more on.
This means that she and her husband are both now car-less, so she has
borrowed my wife's Mondy, who has now borrowed my Focus so that she can get
to work. Funny how us blokes always finish up at the bottom of the pile ...
:-(
So really, the heat is on (no pun intended!) to just get mobile again, and
it is her thought that although she is going to take a serious hit on what
would have been the value had it been running OK, she'd rather just take it
on the chin, and cut her losses, and get something else. I'll let you know
if I find out what it was ...
Arfa
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