Head gasket change

[Northmead]

Hi all

How hard is it to change a head gasket on a 300tdi ...what tools to you need.

local garage wants £450 being disabled a don't have that sort of money so Will try it myself.

Thanks

Brian


 :-k :)

[barmiebrumie]

Hi all

How hard is it to change a head gasket on a 300tdi ...what tools to you need.

local garage wants £450 being disabled a don't have that sort of money so Will try it myself.

Thanks

Brian


 :-k :)

Believe it or not I followed the haynes book of lies & had no problems, tourque wrench sockets & spanners is about all iirc,

sure some one else will be along shortley with a bit more technical info


John

[farmer]

HI 

ITS NOT THAT HARD HAVE DONE MINE TWICE THE HARDEST BIT IS THE BACK A HEAD BOLTS WHERE THE BULK HEAD ROLLS OVER ENGINE IT IS EASIER IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE A TAKE HEAD OFF AND PUT IT BACK ON
FARMER

[Frankie-Boy]

Hi Farmer, thanks for your help but please don't shout, we're not deaf or anything  ;)

[barmiebrumie]

Hi Farmer, thanks for your help but please don't shout, we're not deaf or anything  ;)

say again Frank  :-'   :-#



John

[bogie]

CANT HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bilge rat]

get a manual . either rave on c.d can get off ebay or even a haynes . have a look through see iff you feel comfortable doing it . or which bits your unsure of . shame im not nearer . get a manual have a think . give us a shout on any thing your unsure of .. alan..

[stretchy]

give the head and block a good clean up with some wet and dry and wd40 get both surfaces looking realy shiny. get the head skimed if need be.

[Northmead]

Thanks Guys

The new gasket comes in 3 sizes 1 2 3 holes

the one on the car now is a 1 hole

can you fit a 3 hole to have the extra thickness or
put a 1 hole back on.

Brian

[Mud-muncher1]

It would depend on if the head had or needs skimming but don't forget, if the heads been off before or not too sure if it has then you'll want to change the head bolts also just incase

[bilge rat]

put the same as what came off. i would personally go for the elring type of gasket not the multi layer type they now seem to be suplying. only my opinion though. as far as skimming or checking it aint a bad idea depends how and where the gasket had gone . i have in the past used a spirit level as a straight edge and shone a light behind it to see the distortion or use feeler guages . iff you rubb the head down use a block of somesort use wet and dry a bit of wd and dont go to mad ally is soft ..i dont know where your gasket has blown 300 blow out no 4 to atmosphere but iff you look you should see where it has blown through either on the gasket or cyl head . just pay a little more attention to that particular area ..alan

[D6JAY]

Iv recently done mine, and like others have said its not to hard. 
The one things i would say which has been mentioned before is you will defo need two people to get the head off and on and i don't know how you would do the two 60 degree (and the 20 degree on the middle bolts) tightening ups without a snap on digital torque wrench as the dial gauge would be nearly impossible to use on the bolts nearest to the bulkhead IMO?!
I went for a 3 hole as my head was banana shaped so iv had to have it skimmed.

[bogie]

GET THE HEAD PRESSURE TESTED WHILE OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Range Rover Blues]

HI 

ITS NOT THAT HARD HAVE DONE MINE TWICE

I'm not being cheeky, but why twice?   I ask because I'm about to do the same car for a third time, it had a new head and genuine gasket last time, plus new bolts etc.