hattymender Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Daughter's boyfriend hit a problem (again). 1.8 K Series Freelander; sudden loss of power, white smoke, loss of water and emulsified oil. Head gasket then? Read the tech archive and ready to get spanners out. But what else to look for? Does head always need skimming? How far out of true before it needs skimming? Or scrapping? (he said temperature remained 'normal'. So I'm hopeful not too much damage done. Maybe). Does block warp? Cams, hydraulic followers? What to check? What type of gasket? It's a year 2000, seem to recall that the latter ones had an improved gasket? Will this fit an earlier engine? Guess we'll need head and manifold gaskets. And oil, filters, antifreeze (plus tea, cigs, bacon sarnies, sudden warm spell, etc.). Cam belt's less than 6 months old but what else? Any other seals/parts worth a look while we've got it apart? Quote
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