Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:52:10 GMT From: Rick and Lorie Mieras <rlmierasnopsamsplanet.net> Subject: Re: Another Blown Head Gasket Story
Is replacing the seals difficult? I have my head off right now, and I have much more than 100K Miles on it. My saab manual shows all kind of special tools used for pulling the head apart, do I need them or will commonly available tools work? Car is '87 9000T (2.0 L) Rick Blown headgasket 1987 9000T, 235,000 Ks Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada Bob wrote: > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:10:53 +0100, Johannes H Andersen > <johsnopsamsafish.com> wrote: > > >What about doing a compression > >test on the cylinders the gauge the valve conditions? > > With a blown head gasket ? > > You can grind the valves in position to seat them if > they look good with little loss of material. At the least > you should clean them to remove deposits that muddle > the airflow. > > Bob