head gasket failure

well its rose its ugly head up, i had a funny feeling about this as somebody had filled the coolant with k seal as its a one owner with sevice history i think it was a dirty rotten trick to play knowing that the gasket was on its way out :rant: . any way from my previous thead i had cleaned the coolant tank out and rebleed the system, there was only a bit of mayo on the dipstick, checked today as i only warmed the engine to check for leaks thick mayo on the dipstick and coffee mayo in the coolant tank.
closest garage i could trust to do the work says £400-£800 depending on if the liners have dropped. been trying to get hold of russell but no joy :nonod:

hooray russells emailed that he could do it on the 27th, thats ok with me as im not reliant on the car. but its still a bugger to be stitched up like that. i will keep you all posted on the forum how russell goes about it hopefully he might let me take some pics :broon:

we get a lot of cars in with k seal to hide the head gasket,we charge 300 for head gaskets and we do around 4 a week

so arther daly is still around then. words just dont discripe how im feeling about being cheated like this and guess what i thought i knew about dodgy repairs when it came to looking at a cars but this one i missed. i spent 16yrs on these engines building them on the track, and rectiving them.

If you supply a nice cuppa and a bacon sarnie, Russell will pose for you, no probs.

ha i my mrs and the oldest lad is at home on that day, i hope he likes his tea burnt and his bacon boiled,or if the wifes cooking everything crispy :bust: . gonna see about getting my rest day changed as i wont be home till 1pm. i understand the russell is the best out there and it would be nice to meet the guy

rayb wrote: ha i my mrs and the oldest lad is at home on that day, i hope he likes his tea burnt and his bacon boiled,or if the wifes cooking everything crispy :bust: . gonna see about getting my rest day changed as i wont be home till 1pm. i understand the russell is the best out there and it would be nice to meet the guy

Russell is a great guy, he runs on Tea and bacon sarnies and you will soon find out why he is called Saint Russell. He is unique :thumbsup:

I bet the guy that stitched you up is now shaking in his boots :bust:

Please keep us up to date with progress. :yesnod:

well not long now, before saint russell comes to fix that head gasket, ive got the bacon in ready :broon:

Give him my best! :thumbsup: When is he doing it?

Russell has been here this morning doing a few pieces and doing a pressure test to try and track down my slight coolant loss. Looks like it's a coolant cap that is not quite holding enough pressure.

Top man and BTW, this morning he was running on coffee rather than tea

And you didn't take photos? :nonod: