Changing head gasket questions???

Pretaco · 02-13-2008, 04:27 PM

What were the syptoms before you took the head off?

What does the bottom of the head look like?

From those pics, I would say look at the cylinder walls closely for vertical scratches, and see if the crosshatching pattern is still visable in any of them.

I would also suspect that the head gasket was bad between the #5 & 6 cylinders from the clean spot between those cylinders, but the #6 piston still has carbon build up, so no coolant was getting in there.

But those pics are pretty crappy to be honest.

Ray.

02-13-2008, 04:27 PM	#6
Pretaco 3" Exhaust Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 126	What were the syptoms before you took the head off? What does the bottom of the head look like? From those pics, I would say look at the cylinder walls closely for vertical scratches, and see if the crosshatching pattern is still visable in any of them. I would also suspect that the head gasket was bad between the #5 & 6 cylinders from the clean spot between those cylinders, but the #6 piston still has carbon build up, so no coolant was getting in there. But those pics are pretty crappy to be honest. Ray. __________________ '88 Supra Targa 5 speed w/ '90 7M-GTE Currently Running Good For Sale: Light blue body parts, Blue interior parts all from '90 supra targa turbo manual. Also for sale: R154 trans, brake pedal, master cylinder, booster, abs actuator, sensors, abs ecu, driveshaft, 3.90 lsd rear end, radiator, wiring, speedo cable, 8 saw blade wheels, '88 ecu, relays, cruise control actuator (bad cable), empty fuel tank, etc....