Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 08:03:05 -0700
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Please REPLY Head Gaskets: Fail Leaky
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Dan,
Most everyone should have those concerns about the
sleeves, however I would not let that stop you. I
have a backup plan if that happens which may include
taking it somewhere to have the job done. Maybe even
get an estimate from them indicating that they will
need to drop the engine. I think the severe problems
with the sleeves only occur when the head has not been
removed in a long time or exhaust gases have burned
into the head sleeve junction. If you have simply a
leak with the rubber gasket and you take the care to
avoid having the piston rings slip past the sleeves it
is not a big job. gary
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:24:55 -0400
From: Dan Erlandson <danoer1@ECLIPSE.NET>
Subject: Re: Please REPLY Head Gaskets: Fail Leaky;
I have been following the discussion on head gaskets
since alas mine
too are
leaking... more during this past winter, less now, and
I was hoping to
do
the work this summer, but am concerned by the posts
that refer to the
sleeves getting stuck on the bottom of the head. It
doesn't sound like
there is much one can do to prevent this...if the
sleeves are oxidized
onto
the head then they are and no matter what you do
during removal they
are
going to slip off with the head??? This is more of a
question, than a
statement since I have never done a head gasket job.
Some of you
knowledgeable ones out there say it is a do-able task
for those of us
with
average skills, and yet others seem to say that it is
a bear I suppose
there is no real answer to this until one tries it,
but other than the
issue
of rusty, stuck exhaust nuts, corroded studs, and
sleeves stuck to the
head
what other pitfalls await me.
I am going to take the advice of one person and check
the condition
(flexibility) of the gasket and base my decision on
that. We do rely
on the
van as a commuting vehicle for my wife and I'd rather
not go through
another
winter (although this past one was the first) of
weeping from the head.
--
Dan Erlandson
Flemington, NJ
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