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frank
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aye, preface 1.0 with a hybrid (1.0/1.3) clutch ant, and 165 remould tyres eh
well done mate you beat my 15.4
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Antony
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Now with added blown head gasket.
Ffs.
Overheated whilst stood, boiled off most of the coolant. Managed to fill it up and got almost home when the gauge shot off the scale, the engine died and steam came hoofing out of the bonnet.
Left it to cool for about ten minutes and managed to limp home.
Ran the car with a hosepipe in the rad filler in an attempt to cool the bugger.
But there's no chance,
It boiled that in about three minutes flat.
Starts of mayonnaise in the oil too.
Ffs.
Was supposed to be a daily driver lol.
What now then guys?
I mean I've changed headgaskets in two hours before, but do I do anything else whilst it's off?
Is it worth it?
Do I fit two? Spacer? Mls?
That's at just 8psi too.
Hmm.
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Ffs.
Overheated whilst stood, boiled off most of the coolant. Managed to fill it up and got almost home when the gauge shot off the scale, the engine died and steam came hoofing out of the bonnet.
Left it to cool for about ten minutes and managed to limp home.
Ran the car with a hosepipe in the rad filler in an attempt to cool the bugger.
But there's no chance,
It boiled that in about three minutes flat.
Starts of mayonnaise in the oil too.
Ffs.
Was supposed to be a daily driver lol.
What now then guys?
I mean I've changed headgaskets in two hours before, but do I do anything else whilst it's off?
Is it worth it?
Do I fit two? Spacer? Mls?
That's at just 8psi too.
Hmm.
....
h701micra
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Some GA micrasgot it to the stage where it,ll spank GA16 micra,s now so was looking forward to today
And get well soon chap
These arches are sick!! You know were I can grab some from?Just tidy Er up for now. But was considering, a v6 mazda engine up front......And this...
Who's is this?? Its got almera clocks so Sr?ga?
Mmm[/QUOTyou know where I can get arches?
pollyp
Club Member
ah that's a bugga antony :/
normally whenever a cooling system is all working properly, she should be able to stay near 82C in all conditions including idling all day or boosting.
when I saw at services that she constantly ran outa coolant, that didn't sound normal and similar to whenever my cheapo HG used to blow.
sounds like a combination of:
gasses from blown HG after few drag runs pushes the coolant out, reduce cooling efficiency, irratic temp reading, overheat which then further warps the head into an endless cycle till the oil/coolant seal then fails n mayonnaises.
from my experience I'd advise:
I got my eletronic torque wrench with built in gyro angle readout £200 off ebay best tool investment
normally whenever a cooling system is all working properly, she should be able to stay near 82C in all conditions including idling all day or boosting.
when I saw at services that she constantly ran outa coolant, that didn't sound normal and similar to whenever my cheapo HG used to blow.
sounds like a combination of:
- undersized, dirty & blocked thin 18mm manual gearbox radiator. before u ordered the civic rad I was gonna suggest buying a 26mm thick Nissen K11 automatic radiator like mine which is a direct fit & handles the heat of +160hp on trackdays all day long no problem.
- missing head bolt in corner of cyl4 compromising the HG clamping pressure till the fire ring failed (clamp should be perfectly equal, even & flat pressure all around the fire rings).
gasses from blown HG after few drag runs pushes the coolant out, reduce cooling efficiency, irratic temp reading, overheat which then further warps the head into an endless cycle till the oil/coolant seal then fails n mayonnaises.
from my experience I'd advise:
- remove head & closely assess the cause (fire ring damage, head/block surface imperfections)
- carefully clean off old HG, scraping with new razor blades & brake cleaner till it's all sparkly shiny smooth
- check head & deck for warp, skim as required
- clean every head bolt thread & hole with M10 tap & die free from any dirt/rust/fluids so they can be perfectly torqued with zero issues.
- wipe all residue oil/coolant from all the ports in the head/deck so it doesn't drip & contaminate the HG during fitting.
- head & deck must be immaculate & dry
- fit a single genuine original Victor Reinz HG, imho the original nissan HG has always been the strongest. my original turbo setup ran completely stock block & HG on loadsa trackdays with little problem.
- dab of oil on headbolt threads and dab grease under the bolt washer to ensure smooth uninterrupted torqueing.
- follow the nissan torque sequence & values precisely and with all the required bolts this time, don't be lazy skimping.
- fit a working/new thermostat
- upgrade to a nissen auto rad or higher capacity rad
- fit a large enough expansion tank with it's port submerged like the original so u never get any air pockets in the system ever.
I got my eletronic torque wrench with built in gyro angle readout £200 off ebay
best tool investment 
SirChris
Educated Bodger
Cut the bumper away
pollyp
Club Member
My cousin once suggested the same rad but the lower pipe is at wrong side, requires new hose route, and too close in front of front mount. Option was to get it rewelded to the lh position but that's lotsa time n money. Hence why I tried the straight fit k11 Auto rad n was fine.
U got angle reader to set angle torque?
U got angle reader to set angle torque?
pollyp
Club Member
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Antony
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Well, the ferriday decompression plate is £119.50 not including a gasket.
The nismo mls gasket is only £120 delivered (albeit from Australia)
Genuine nissan head gasket is £80~
Fai copy gasket set is about the same price.
What to do?
I'm on Mars... Running around trying to find my own head...
The nismo mls gasket is only £120 delivered (albeit from Australia)
Genuine nissan head gasket is £80~
Fai copy gasket set is about the same price.
What to do?
I'm on Mars... Running around trying to find my own head...
pollyp
Club Member
try printing/marking on paper from protractor a 60deg bend to help get u in right area.
the more perfect n accurate you assemble every detail, ie build quality, the closer & better that part will perform upto its original spec duty.
pollyp
Club Member
all those are unrequired expensives,
here genuine nissan victor reinz HG like mine £25
http://www.micksgarage.com/proddeta...0_1433159668_c2c668c403402d9dc0f1bebe2b066a22
