blown head gasket

[rawsonn]

hey guys,

my 89 vn has a blown head gasket im pretty sure, oil leaking from block, losing mass coolant, white goop on oil cap, oil coming out of exhuast

i would have got my neighbour to do normlly but he just moved down south and i have no mechancal skills to this extend

just wondering does anyone know what im looking at paying for a business to do this or is there anyone in the lismore, nsw area willing to come help if i pay em some cash, ill be tryig to get it done over the next few weeks when i have the money

[greenfoam]

It's more likely the intake gasket and you can do that yourself sure enough. So have a look at that first

[jas98]

It's more likely the intake gasket and you can do that yourself sure enough. So have a look at that first

piece of cake to do...did one on me sis VP yesterday

[rawsonn]

my mechanical apptitude is limited to about an oil change and if im feeling lucky i dont sopill the oil

id be willing to have a go tho heading out the next payday to buy a hayes manual for it to hopfully give me the heads up

[jas98]

my mechanical apptitude is limited to about an oil change and if im feeling lucky i dont sopill the oil

id be willing to have a go tho heading out the next payday to buy a hayes manual for it to hopfully give me the heads up

yeh mate thast all i had and as long as you read and do what the book says you should be fine.....there is a how to on another forum (which they dont like posting links to around here) but i think you will know which one

EDIT: also while you are at it it is worth wile to change the injector O rings and give the manifold a good clean out with carby cleaner

[Tom_1569]

yeh mate thast all i had and as long as you read and do what the book says you should be fine.....there is a how to on another forum (which they dont like posting links to around here) but i think you will know which one

Yeah, I think I seen a link to that, when i went down the STREET, in my COMMODORES

[jas98]

Yeah, I think I seen a link to that, when i went down the STREET, in my COMMODORES

lol ...

its not a bad how too either.

[vscom88]

i think the head gaskets are blown in my vs.. the temp guage went nuts and went over the red line. today it was stalling when i chucked it in reverse and wouldnt go fast down the road without getting real shakey, when it changed gears it was a really hard shift n the car kinda just jumped forward, then i drove it back in N with the car off n into the driveway where it wouldnt start again. i also noticed the coolant in the radiater was bubbleing alot while the car was off .. any ideas what could be? and what are some 100% ways to check the heads

[kiwiss5L]

some one want to pm me that link ha

[Tom_1569]

The link should now be able to be posted I think. As far as I know Darren is at peace with SC and there was talk of removing it from the banned words

[King_berald]

gday mate....if you got a decent socket set and can get your hands on a torque wrench, it should be easy enough to do..i did mine last week and it took me about a week to do(few hours every day after work)...i would recommend getting your hands on a manual though just incase.hardest part of the whole proccess would have been remembering where all the hoses went so if you get that downpat...then should be smooth sailing.