18-10-2012, 07:35 AM
(18-10-2012, 06:48 AM)Dave Wrote: You change your oil faaaar too sooon.
Are you actually sure its the gasket going? All coolant systems pressurise to some extend, I would only start worryingg about it when you start having some definite issues.. like water in the oil, oil in the water, and if your coolant is going severely orange.
I wouldn't say its as easy to change the engine at all, lol, there are about a million other things you need to do; loom, gearbox, clutch, shafts, oil lines, rad pipes, coolant drain, and requires a crane all of which need to be done with a block swap. HG requires only possible coolant drop/few pipes round back and cambelt slipping off.
As said, if you do take the head off, get any warping checked out and skim if necessary.
Ok, in that case. Just had a check and water isn't bubbling while it's running now, cold. Oil is still black but could do with a change (last change 6k ago) and coolant still smells of strong coolant...
haha, exhaust smells of strong diesel so I guess it's not burning coolant... or isn't that the same with diesel to petrol?
Thanks everyone