Damn. Head gasket gone

[Peter.N.]

Ah, found your other post now, I was rather hoping it would be an estate.

Peter

[SamWise]

That's what I wanted, when I bought it, but they're not so easy to find in 2.1 manual! But then, you know that......

[boyse7en]

I've nearly finished doing the HG on my 2.1SED (1993 too) and can tell you that it is not difficult really, but is time consuming (very). It will have you scratching your head as to how you can get to the bit you want, and you will need extreme patience for some of the nuts and bolts.

I had head skimmed (head not warped, but corrosion pitting) for £35 - and tehy cleaned it up too. I replaced the HG, exhaust and inlet gaskets. New water pump, new cam belt and you will need new head bolts too.

Take plenty of pics (I took a half dozen, and I'm now stuck as none show the bit I need - if you could take a pic down the side of the engine showing the aux belt tensioner and teh engine mount bolts (where they fit on teh engine) I'd be mighty pleased.)