21-06-2012, 04:15 PM
Defo head gasket mate. The "boiling" is the engine pressurising the coolant.
As dave said, get the head off and change the HG. Having said that it may well be easier, quicker and maybe cheeper just stick an xud9 in. Once you have factored in the cost of the head gasket set, skim, etc, you could just drop in a new engine.
The alternitive is to have the xud7 head off stricktlyderv and assuming the engine is in good order just bolt it on with a new gasket and not bother with the skim.
A head gasket change is quite an involded job but defo doable, I am halfway through mine, first ever head gasket and its not too difficult, just give yourself a day to strip down and a day to rebuild. Done
As dave said, get the head off and change the HG. Having said that it may well be easier, quicker and maybe cheeper just stick an xud9 in. Once you have factored in the cost of the head gasket set, skim, etc, you could just drop in a new engine.
The alternitive is to have the xud7 head off stricktlyderv and assuming the engine is in good order just bolt it on with a new gasket and not bother with the skim.
A head gasket change is quite an involded job but defo doable, I am halfway through mine, first ever head gasket and its not too difficult, just give yourself a day to strip down and a day to rebuild. Done