Blown head gasket or cracked head

[My Car Pwns]

BTW, It will take a couple of days for the oil cap to look milkish..

 

[craigvl038]

i drove mine for months with cracked heads. just make sure you carry some bottles of water with you and depending on how much water its using like mine was empty in 2-3 days so just keep checkin the water every so often.

 

[My Car Pwns]

my heads gone again it drinks on average half a litre a day of water..
(but thats with me delivering pizzas every nite)
Cant wait till the VN is ready

 

[rb26dett]

Are you installing the head yourself?

 

[frenzal_tom]

mothers '99 vectra has done the head aswell mechanics dont have any clues they are so stupid

 

[ucwepn]

No I wont be doing the head myself, I already wrecked one of the threads on my current head by overscrewing in the manifold stud so I'm gonna palm it off to the mechanic. its just gotta last until tax refund time LOL Might take it to rajab or bresciani at least they know about vl's and all the problems and fixes for them, will prolly cost more but be done right hopefully.

 

[Pub247]

Basically vl heads crack mainly in one spot which is right along the cam tunnel. mainly from the back of the head to the front. If you leave it to long they're a prick to drill out and weld. (Take me 2 hours to do 1 bad head) They corrode a bit and sometimes into the exhaust ports. Threads aren't a big deal to fix just put a new coil in bit hard when its on the motor though. Rajab should know a bit one of the brothers died in a 9sec vl they built. I you want to fix your old head i could prolly get done for nothing if its cracked or corroded if the boss lets me. Getting it reconditioned will cost though but with a discount.

 

[ucwepn]

Sweet man, good info there mate. I am looking for the thanks button LOL but its gone. I have a spare head from a low K's calais that I am gonna use but need to get crack tested and machined. Where abouts do ya work? I might come to you guys if its not too far out of the way.

 

[Pub247]

I work at hm gem engines south dandenong. Is the head still together or has it been stripped if you want me to pessure test it it'll need to be stripped as well for the machining if you want some more details pm me. I can get prolly get everything done up to machining for nothing but i might have to charge for that as i'll have to ask the boss to mill the head.