Changing head gasket on an RT

[jonnyRT]

I had a thread the other day about the mayo i have in my oil cap, i got told this was ok so i thought nothing of it, i just realised today my header tank is near empty so alot of water has gone!

Im guessing its the HG and its on the way out, how hard isit to change??

help appretiated, JB

 

[jonnyRT]

im not getting smoke and the oil seems fine and there are no leaks in the cooling system that i can see.

i do have a crack in the top of the header tank but i dont think water comes out of it as its minute.

 

[Paddy_g46]

im not getting smoke and the oil seems fine and there are no leaks in the cooling system that i can see.

i do have a crack in the top of the header tank but i dont think water comes out of it as its minute.

you will loose water from any crack! no matter how small! does the engine still run fine? still as powerful as it was b4? fill the bottle back up and run the engien for 5 mins making sure the water doesnt run out, and check to see if u get "steam" from the exhaust.

 

[jonnyRT]

engine seems fine, i do get some steam from the exhaust but i did think i would have more because of my de-cat?

its hard to tell but the fumes dont smell bad.

the coolant has gone down slowly which is why im not sure if its that crack, this is actually a new tank and the old one split in the same place, its a common thing were they mould them. ill keep an eye on it but just wanting to know how much effort it will be if it is the HG

jb

 

[jonnyRT]

anyone done this ???? just want to know what it was like

 

[neil80]

My g/f's went a couple of weeks ago. A friend mobile mechanic did it, 7 hours and £500 later its all sorted.........

 

[jonnyRT]

nasty!

anyone else done this didnt think it was a 7 hour job, got told it would be about 4-5 hours ?

 

[TomTom]

Not a 7 hour job to be honest, can be done in half that easily without rushing. Take your time, make sure everything goes back in the same place.

I'd get the crack in your header tank sorted first

 

[jonnyRT]

Cheers, yup sorted that yesterday just going to get started on the HG if it stops raining it doesnt seem to bad going by the haynes manual , just the cam belt timing i dont have a clue about.

any tips or things to look out for that are not in the haynes manual?

JB