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Need Help - Head Gasket v's crack in block
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07 Jun 2015 10:26 #145583
by Chris the Phys
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Hi all (This may be a silly Q?) :blush: - I need a little bit of advice please - this there a test/way to find out if the head gasket as gone or there is a crack to the block?
The reason is I was thinking about buying another jimmy and my son and I doing it up as a project - therefore need to know it I need to do the gasket or replace the engine?
Thanks in advance
The reason is I was thinking about buying another jimmy and my son and I doing it up as a project - therefore need to know it I need to do the gasket or replace the engine?
Thanks in advance
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07 Jun 2015 10:47 #145585
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If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Need Help - Head Gasket v's crack in block
There is a "sniffer" test that checks for hydrocarbons in the water, which will tell you if there is a crack from inside the cylinder to the waterways, which is normally head, or headgasket.
Unless the engine has frozen in the winter the block won't be cracked, and you would see where the water had been coming out if it was.
You could have a warped head, or a cracked head to go with the headgasket though.
Unless the engine has frozen in the winter the block won't be cracked, and you would see where the water had been coming out if it was.
You could have a warped head, or a cracked head to go with the headgasket though.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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07 Jun 2015 11:45 #145592
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Replied by OllieNZ on topic Re:Need Help - Head Gasket v's crack in block
It will be a g13bb. The block looks like this
I would think that it would be unlikely to crack into the cylinder given the steel liners.
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