to skim or not to skim????

[thereddwarf]

solved my starting problems....

head gasket blown..

its gone right on the edge by the enging steady, no mayo, no overheating, no oil in the water.....
so do you think I should get the head skimmed???....need her back on the road asap, but she does have a sticky valve (according to tommy who sorted the rolling road stuff)....never been near a valve before but done quite a few head gaskest so doing that isnt a prob

[ljonez]

put a straight edge acrros the head to see if its perfectly flat, if it flat just replace the head gasket.

as for the sticking valve i wouldnt trust what tommy says.

[thereddwarf]

lol..thanks lawson....

its only a small blow and shes not been run very much.....well not at all really.....got a nice shiny straight edge here so will try it tomorrow....

[ljonez]

any news on the head?
also trident should have a head gasket in stock as they ordered it in for me but i managed to source one quicker

[thereddwarf]

rain stopped play....so not been done today

got a head gasket set from jerermys in barry...needed other parts so easier to get them all together....

if its dry on sunday then battle will commence.

[ljonez]

ah ok, what type of gasket came with it?

[thereddwarf]

good question....its in the garage....