Headgasket

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:46 am

I got my car "Fixed" at Zeigler Chevrolet. All they did was put on a thermostat housing... i def need a new Headgasket. It wasn't like it is now that night it busted... so i'm kinda pissed. Where can i get a headgasket?

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:53 pm

what is it doing now?

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:32 am

it's burning coolant/mixing in with the oil.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:46 am

It sounds like you will probably need to get the head machined flat.

A head gasket is $20.93 at www.gm-car-parts.com

You will need to do a full cooling system flush/change and an oil change to get all the wrong fluids out of where they should not be.

Hope there is no more damage than that.

Cliff

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:20 pm

will any of this increase in horsepower? Shaun told me if i get it shaved i'll raise the compression.

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:44 am

it'll be a minimal amount

Eleven · Post by **Eleven** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:08 am

22 thousanths shaved will result in a 9.88:1 compression ration. it will also retard your timing 1.8degrees

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:46 am

How much am i looking at if i have to get it shaved/machined?

Eleven · Post by **Eleven** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:48 pm

to shave and pressure check mine was $90. Make sure you take off the Cams, EGR valve ect before you give it to them, or they'll charge to take it all off and back on

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:01 pm

Also make sure to remove the valves and everything. I've seen horror stories of people who left the valves in and got back half the valves...

Eleven · Post by **Eleven** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:03 pm

daewooluvr wrote:Also make sure to remove the valves and everything. I've seen horror stories of people who left the valves in and got back half the valves...

If you get 22thou shaved (which is a lot, really) the planer wont touch the valves. They wont hit the pistins, none of that. I JUST did this over the last two weeks. I had some problems afterwards, but it was my own fault, not replacing the intake manifold gasket while i had it apart (do that)

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:30 pm

Eleven wrote:
daewooluvr wrote:Also make sure to remove the valves and everything. I've seen horror stories of people who left the valves in and got back half the valves...
If you get 22thou shaved (which is a lot, really) the planer wont touch the valves. They wont hit the pistins, none of that. I JUST did this over the last two weeks. I had some problems afterwards, but it was my own fault, not replacing the intake manifold gasket while i had it apart (do that)

haha yeah I had to replace that when I put the engine back together. the old one basically fell apart.

Eleven · Post by **Eleven** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:31 pm

Yea, well mine LOOKED fine. Dont make the same mistake I did, or you will be back to sqaure one. As far as I can tell, the head needs to come off to get the intake manifold off

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:54 am

No the head doesn't need to come off. I removed mine and put it back on without taking the head off. You just need to get an swivel socket set like seen here: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... umber=5501

But now taking into consideration that he needs to remove the head anyways, yes take the head off first as it'll be easier.

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:37 am

Thats still over my head... i don't know how to put it back together so i think i'm going to let them take it apart. They are really good friends of my parents so they do good work on my car. Technically they are the only people who have ever completely fixed my cars problems.