vdub_pete 15 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) I did my headgasket about 4-5 months ago and its decided to leak coolant! i had the head skimmed nd what not, there was quite a bit of corrosion in the coolant gallery's due to the fact it had been run on just water before i got my hands on it. Im going to get the block skimmed now to hopefully fix the problem but is there anything else i should do? anyone had this issue before? Edited June 7, 2014 by vdub_pete Link to post Share on other sites
cpfcvr6 6 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) ive had my car 5 years and its doing it, this is usually the first point of HG failure, im taking my head off and getting it fully rebuilt. are you sure its torqued down correctly? Edited June 4, 2014 by cpfcvr6 Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_pete 15 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 thats what mine looked like before i did the gasket i also had combustion pressure in cooling system hence why i did it but it wasn't leaking like this.It was torqued down to the gasket makers spec, anyway its all off now getting the block skimmed hoping that will fix it Link to post Share on other sites
cpfcvr6 6 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 thats what mine looked like before i did the gasket i also had combustion pressure in cooling system hence why i did it but it wasn't leaking like this.It was torqued down to the gasket makers spec, anyway its all off now getting the block skimmed hoping that will fix it are you doing it yourself? see your in new zealand!! Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_pete 15 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Yea man doing it myself pulled the engine out with out a hoist on my own to lol. Did not do my back any good at all lol even with everything removed from the block its still heavy as. Yea living the dream... Not lol the dub seen is pretty much non existent over here and parts, don't get me started on parts unless you're prepared to pay main dealer prices then all good but good quality aftermarket stuff there's none of, i've imported most things from USA or UK. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 i know someone who moved to new zealand yars ago and he said it was all skylines and RX7s Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Quite common to leak there to be honest.... Did you torque up the head bolts in the right order / sequence? Another thought is that the head could be warped if it's over heated (worst case scenario but always advisable to give)it a skClub Chairman Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_pete 15 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 i know someone who moved to new zealand yars ago and he said it was all skylines and RX7sYep pretty much all that jap shite on and fords nd holdens out of OZ they love them too lol Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_pete 15 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Quite common to leak there to be honest.... Did you torque up the head bolts in the right order / sequence? Another thought is that the head could be warped if it's over heated (worst case scenario but always advisable to give)it a skClub ChairmanYea but not after 5 months of doing the headgasket?? Yea head was torqued to the elring gasket specs. Head was skimmed as i was having issues with combustion pressure in the cooling system. They had to take 10 thow 0.25mm i think off to make it flat again. Is it possible that taking that much off may have upped the compression a bit and maybe caused the coolant leak?? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 It shouldn't do, have you made any progress with this mate?Club Chairman Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_pete 15 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Yea sort of I'm in the middle of a full rebuild had the block skimmed to as the corrosion around the water galleries was quite bad. I'm having piston ring issues at the mo fucking things keep breaking!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk D11PS and VR6Pete 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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