Replacing my head gasket....

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Replacing my head gasket....

By stockd15
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:02 pm #88261 Before i replaced my head gasket i was thinking of taking me d15 out and putting this in...
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Just kidding, i was in my garage and thought i would post it as a joke.

Finally had a chance to replace my head gasket so i snapped some pics...
valve cover off
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something doesn't look right, hmmmm?
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the problem
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the solution (thanks bangballs for the homemade tool)
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head off and block ready to be cleaned (intake is pretty dirty)
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before and after
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By smokinsoljah420
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:37 pm #88286 Image

What the hell is that? :? Looks like peanut butter under your vc!?! Ive never seen anything like that!

By dipdawg
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:19 pm #88300 Thats what happens when water and oil mix pistons look good

By stockd15
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:54 pm #88305 ya there was just a little water in the oil :lol: ya the pistons were just a little dirty so i cleaned them, but i didn't have to do much cleaning since the car only has 40,000miles :woot: o and by the way the head is at the machine shop getting checked out, rather be safe then sorry. i will have update pics when it goes back together.
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By Sentry
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:57 pm #88306 Never thought about bronze for the VC, looks nice though. Second the pics.

By bceg
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:17 am #88379 the underside of that valve cover looks gross any tips for pulling the head i blew my headgasket (or worse) and looking for some pointers

By stockd15
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:24 pm #88398 Hey bceg, just go by your haynes or chilton manual and you should be fine.
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By bangballs
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:47 pm #92500 the inside of that vc looks nasty. i like the new color you painted it. try to fit the blower in that thing.

By stockd15
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:08 am #93900 Then i could turbo the stang! O wait the cam i have is way to big for the street and my setup! LOL

By stockd15
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:14 pm #93949 Finally had time to post the updated pics. Well the machine shop cleaned the head up and resurfaced it. They said it was i little warped.

cleaned and resurfaced
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all torqued down
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the valve cover and the new header
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I replaced the water pump and timing belt while i was at it. The car runs great except for idle surge which i got right before the headgasket went.
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By flyinryan122
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:22 am #94044 Non MLS head gasket FTMFL. Sorry man. Have you ever seen what happens when you get water on cardboard? how it expands and falls apart. Thats basically what happens with those kinda head gaskets. Hope it lasts for you. almost all of the cars i have done that have bad head gaskets have those gaskets on them. so watch your temp gauge.

As for the idle surge, this usually occurs when an air bubble is stuck in the IAC, bleed the air out of your coolant system. make sure the engine is COLD remove the radiator cap, start the engine, and let it get up to temp, it might kinda make a mess as the air bubbles all come out. let it run a while until no more bubbles are coming out and you should be good.
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