CitroJim wrote:Often they might consume a head gasket
...talking of which, I'm gonna be having the head off my 'known running but HG blown' 275k lump to try to 'lay some Ghosts to rest'. Back in 2009 I got to the 'head bolts' stage on a HG job on my previous 405 and I just couldn't get em to budge. The 'access only from the front' (windscreen & bulkhead to rear ofc) didn't help, but others cope doing it 'engine in', often on the Turbo's, on which I know the bolts are tighter.
A garage took over the job and it was never right, I threw money I didn't really have at it and ended up scrapping it, so
I'd like to work out why I couldn't get em out and feel I could 'do the job myself if it became necessary' now.
I'll have space, being engine out, to use a T-Bar, but
I guess the normal tool of choice for 'em would be a torque wrench or breaker bar, both of which I have in approx 3ft long varieties readily available.
Also, as much as I don't partic want to remove the injectors or camshaft, knowing that I don't have the necessary copper washers for the former, and I don't know how to 'Shim' a camshaft; would it be fair to say that, much as I suspect the engine's never been boiled [
I sincerely believe the previous owner was oblivious to the blown HG, delivering it 40miles to me with insufficient oil in the sump to register any reading on the dipstick] it'd be pretty daft to ever rebuild it without skimming the head?
Can you skim a head with the cam & injectors in situ?
It'd be a difficult decision which engine to fit: this one, known runner; or t'other, probably ok but can't be sure. Hopefully, I'll never need to fit either of 'em.
My DVR Dash-Cam arrived this morn, off to play with that now. Will update the relevant post soon.
NB: largely with thought to ekjdm's blown up na, I paid just £62 for a complete ZX from the bay, they seem to be especially worthless [which is undeserved], maybe you can find one?