Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:42:01 +0100 From: "Tomas Rapp" <tomas.rappnopsam301.swipnet.se> Subject: Re: Cylinder Head gasket for 1984 900 16V changed shape?
Thanks a lot for your answer. Unfortunately I have no means to have my cylinder head tested. So Iīll just have to go with the risk. But I had to machine my cylinder head. It looked like a banana. Well almost :) Me had to machine away 0.5 mm to get it straigt again. "So be Godīs will", and off we go. Yours Tomas Rapp "Rick Mogensen" <rickmogensennopsams.net> wrote in message news:NWui4.86$UQ1.357668nopsam.bctel.net... > I recently replaced my cylinder head on my '88 900 (& of course my head > gasket as well) and YES the replacement head gasket I bought, like yours, > was configured such that some of the cooling system holes appeared to be > blocked. > > I was told that the holes that you see which look like they are going to be > blocked by the gasket are, in fact, not a vital part of the cooling system > but holes that are made in the casting process when the head was being > manufactured. > > Anyhow, my car is functioning perfectly with its new head & head gasket so I > suspect yours will also. You might want to have your head pressure tested > or hydro-fluxed (or whatever it's called) if you didn't see any obvious > "blow-marks" where your head gasket blew. We couldn't see any evidence of > gasket failure when we pulled the head off my engine so we had it pressure > tested (we couldn't see any cracks in the head either). Good thing we > didn't just throw the head back on with a new gasket because it turned out > that there was a hairline fracture in the head on cyl#3 right next to the > spark plug threads. > > good luck, i hope this was of some help, > Rick > > Victoria, Canada > > >
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