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Post by **Blacky** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:44 am

................ but I am pretty sure theres not meant to be water in this bit

hopefully its just a head gasket, if the head is shot I am seriously considering turfing the grey and going red. Bloody grey motors

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:52 am

Its those headers.

They always cause water to sit on the pistons.

Chucking them out will solve your problem.

I can trade you for a standard exhaust manifold if you like.

Post by **Blacky** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:55 am

WOT, you are too kind

, but if they are that much trouble I will just cut them up with my trusty 9" grinder to save anyone else going through this grief ............. no need to thank me - I am just doing my bit to help keep these old girls on the road

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:56 am

It kindof looks blown in two spots...between 2&3 and between 4&5

Post by **Blacky** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:01 am

See the angle the genny is on ? the bottom bolt fell out and it got hot , hopefully not hot enough to fry the head, bloody thing owes me over a large - if I need to get another head done I can smash a red together for less than that and I wont need to worry about flogging it too hard ever again

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:03 am

Genny angle is the fault of those damn headers, too.

Post by **Blacky** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:10 am

wot179 wrote:Genny angle is the fault of those damn headers, too.

True ????

That's it - they are coming off , getting chopped up with the 9" and then beaten into dust with a 14lb sledgey

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:00 am

and here is me thinking should i give a grey another shot

evidence points to no

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:46 am

Live on the edge, Mick

60Special · Post by **60Special** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:56 am

Just think how boring and dull life would be if you didn't have to keep fixing your grey motors.

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:18 pm

my biggest issue is spending money before i start atleast steel timing gear and waterpump

GreyEJ · Post by **GreyEJ** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:53 am

Keep the grey I recon. Hopefully not a cracked head, but there still are enough around I used a cracked head to stop the car rolling back while I took out my 161 and put back in a grey on the weekend.

Post by **Blacky** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:05 pm

I am going to drop it off today and get it crack tested and checked for straight , will see what happens - I would rather keep the grey as its less work but I am not going to rebuild another one if its knackered - they are too expensive.

GreyEJ · Post by **GreyEJ** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:40 pm

How did you go?

Post by **Blacky** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:06 pm

Havent heard from them yet , if I get a chance I will head down and see them - I have a sneaking suspicion they have subbied out the job

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