Thread: Series 2 Head Gasket replacement

Originally Posted by Ruff Justice

Thankyou again Peter.

Second opinion on Friday.

In the mean time went and saw the mechanic who provided the quote. He says he won't take the engine out to do the job but as the cylinder head gasket is leaking, the head has to come off and therefore has to be machined and valve stem seals replaced. He couldn't show me where the oil leak was coming from other than to say it was behind all the fly wheels etc. He was basically saying all the work on his quote was required. Is there some sort of confusion with cylinder head gasket and head gasket???

Glenn

G`day Glenn ,

as said they`re the same thing and the other work quoted supports this so no confusion .

The design of these heads and blocks makes it almost impossible for them to leak oil alone without something else major being wrong .

If his reason for head removal is because of the oil leak only then it makes no sense to me .

If he said the gaskets need replacing because of a loss compression or a loss of coolant ETC then yes the heads need removing but not if it`s because of oil and speciall y not an oil leak .

A reason i`ve been interested in you problem is because we have a 3.9 that is leaking at the rear from above and at the filter and engine front .

Firsty i`ll replace the rocker cover gaskets because i can find oil along their under edges . then i`ll replace the inlet gasket and end seals if the leaking persists but i won`t replace the head gaskets and it`s done more Ks than yours and hasn`t been apart as yet .

Also have a 4.0 which is pressurizing the coolant system if worked hard , that i will have to replace the head gaskets in at some time but it leaks no oil and has less Ks than yours and has been apart before . When i have the heads off i`ll do most of what your man wants to do .

Have luck friday or at least hopfully they can explain better .

Cheers

I sought an opinion from another Landrover mechanic. The problem seems to have been resolved in a little over two hours with the replacement of the timing case seal. Amazing contrast to original diagnosis and quote!

Thanks for the advise particularly PLR.

Cheers

Glenn