Thread: heads off

Injectors and glow plugs will have to be removed.
Tag each injector so they go back in the same location(saves playing in the ECU to set the codes).
Leave the valves.
I'd change the manifold studs and check the screw in water jacket plug is tight while you are doing it.


When I had a head done they measured the face to valve clearance and set them the same after the surface grind was done.

Have you removed the cam and followers, lifters etc , better if its stripped down ,you don't want the crap from the skimming going through the above ,keep everything in the same order, what did the gasket look like ? . did it have plastic head dowels , if so were they cactus?
Cheers

Originally Posted by discorevy

Have you removed the cam and followers, lifters etc , better if its stripped down ,you don't want the crap from the skimming going through the above ,keep everything in the same order, what did the gasket look like ? . did it have plastic head dowels , if so were they cactus?
Cheers

so iv striped the head just left the valves in, that's going to the head shop in the morning, it had steel dowels and the gasket is a 3 hole one, the valves on port 2,3,4,have gone rusty so must be leaking because 1,5 are clean ,the head gasket looked ok but the2 centre head bolts where not as tight as the rest just hope its not cracked !it only took me 4 hours to get the head off pretty good for me I think

I got a call today from the head shop and its not cracked so I will get it back in a week after they rebuild it any one know the best place to get vrs hesd gasket kit for a 2004 all I can find is up to 2002

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Or try roverlord
Good news with the head , might be worth replacing the fuel cooler o rings with Viton while the heads off, you'll need head bolts and timing pins ( cheap enough on fleabay), is the oil cooler OK?.

whop whop I finally got all the parts to finish the old girl, heads going on tonight and hopefully back on the road by the weekend, she is getting new hoses, sump gasket, diff breathers ,fan clutch,and on and on

grrr so iv got the old girl back together and she wont start you can hear the fuel pump buzzing but no fuel getting into the injectors and the pump is making some strange noises any idears? thanks andy

Originally Posted by gezza

grrr so iv got the old girl back together and she wont start you can hear the fuel pump buzzing but no fuel getting into the injectors and the pump is making some strange noises any idears? thanks andy

try a fuel purge cycle if you haven't already, depress throttle 5 times...