Thread: TD5 Head Gasket

Could be Justin indicated there are cheap gaskets out there that don't have any writing on them.

This one doesn't have anything apart from 1207 written on one of the tabs
I hope it was a crook gasket

That gasket has moved... To me it looks like it was never tightened properly in the first place.... In that last pic, you can clearly see where the head has slipped by about 3mm. It's nearly an identical pattern to the one that was on my gasket! They did use steel dowels didn't they?

Yes it did have steel dowels

Hi Duane,

This problem may well explain some of the issues we had when we remap your car. I never really understod why your car had smoke from the exhaust with your VNT turbo, since it was not a very hard map file. If you try one of ther early maps I made for, you are probably gona see that there is little or no smoke, now that all is fixed

From my experience Td5 headgaskets have little or no tolerance for skim. A light skim can be made, of course using all the replacement parts from Land Rover itself.

Regards

Originally Posted by td5inside

............From my experience Td5 headgaskets have little or no tolerance for skim. A light skim can be made, of course using all the replacement parts from Land Rover itself.

Regards

Are you saying that the LR Td5 head gasket does not work well when the head has been removed and machined flat?

Thanks Jose the head was brand new out of the box with no skimming being done.
I found a company in the UK selling a stud kit for the TD5 if it blows again I might try these.
They are expensive at 700 quid though

i find the last map you sent me to be perfect in every way so I think I will stick with it

"In that last pic, you can clearly see where the head has slipped by about 3mm"


How can a head move 3mm if its dowelled (with steel dowels) ?

Originally Posted by djam1

Thanks Jose the head was brand new out of the box with no skimming being done.
I found a company in the UK selling a stud kit for the TD5 if it blows again I might try these.
They are expensive at 700 quid though

i find the last map you sent me to be perfect in every way so I think I will stick with it

Just my observations, from the photos seem to show that maybe gasket goo was used, the rust on the head gasket looks like either you had no coolant/conditioner in the cooling system. Or the Head Gasket is a piece of crap, I only use Victor Rienz head gaskets on my Disco and my trucks. Or whoever fitted the gasket didn't clean the block surface at all.
I have never seen a gasket in such bad condition, ARP head studs are the best you can buy, get them direct or look for a dealer in Australia, Regards Frank.