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[turbocab]

glenn says non turbo sets are avalable witch i knew,does the set include valve stem seals and are they the same?

[doggystyle]

lol... it would want to be cheaper than 250 bucks... thats well expensive... mine was under half that for a full upper gasket set... who'd you go thru h-blade?

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[quote author=doggystyle link=board=GEN;num=1116832950;start=15#16 date=05/27/05 at 04:17:40]lol... it would want to be cheaper than 250 bucks... thats well expensive... mine was under half that for a full upper gasket set... who'd you go thru h-blade?[/quote]


Thats retail price. Can't remember where i got mine. have it written down somewhere.

[turbocab]

but are the na ones sweet?

[turbocab]

hello any one out there

[doggystyle]

i wouldve thought so...  ???

[James]

I dunno, i think that the NA head gasket is ok, but i know that the turbo engine uses bigger valves, but im not sure whether the shaft of the valve is bigger or not, surely someone must have tried to do a rebuilt with one of these.

[doggystyle]

didnt we have this valve stem seal dabacle a couple of years ago.... what was the go then... maybe you should try a search bro and see what comes up cos this went backwards and forwards for ages... or you could try partmaster in chch as that was where i got my head set from.... and theyre pretty reasonable from what i can remember........

[turbocab]

i have searched it before didnt really come up with enything conclusive
jay seems to think its not such a big deal any way so i might leave it until i get back from the snow
then sort it out when i get back

[turbocab]

just discovered a milky off white sludge on the underside of my oil filler cap
this would suggest a damaged head gasket wouldnt it?
and may also explain my smoke

[jay]

that could just be from condensation in the motor

[turbocab]

what else can i check to findout if my headgasket is shagged,there wasnt any oil in the coolant when i changed it a few days ago and there dosent appear to be any now

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[quote author=turbocab link=board=GEN;num=1116832950;start=15#26 date=06/08/05 at 18:05:08]what else can i check to findout if my headgasket is shagged,there wasnt any oil in the coolant when i changed it a few days ago and there dosent appear to be any now[/quote]

Could check if theres water in the oil, if there is it will be milky , and you should stop using it immediatly. Other things can include white/blue smoke on start from cold, when reving engine, also a drop in the water level will tell you if you have a problem.

[turbocab]

hmmmm
it has had whitey blue smoke on cold startup for a while and more recently it has persisted for about a minute as i drive but soon goes away,
tomorow when i get back from work ile drain a wee bit of oil and have a look at it
cheers

[Colza]

Ive got valve stem seals here.

Ive had several gasket sets, but ive got a good head so ive never needed the stem seals.

PM me if you want them