Started doing the Head Gasket my self Pics

Getting a skim tomorow pressure test etc Then a rebuild... Engine bay is getting a full clean out in the morning as well..


Knock it up, strip out the radiator and front grill etc


Knock off the rocker cover etc


Stripped fully off. The Head Gasket is at the specialists to get done


Next door neighbours Subaru and Xantria in the backround... If Mark can tell me exactly what Xantria and why that one is so special and why the next door neighbour has had 7 people knocking on his door asking to buy it I would be impressed

Dont turn the engine, them wet liners should be fixed down to keep the seal from breaking.

Its all locked up nice and tight

Will you point to the Wet Liners btw? Haynes says wet liners but dont get a pic or out...

The wet liners are what the pistons are in, the block is ally and the pistons have to work in steel, in none wet liners the liners are fitted in the ally block, in wet liners there seperate from the block and have a gasket at the bottem that seal the cylinders from the water.
And there held by the cylinder head so now its removed the pressure is released and if they move the seal will break.

Ahhhh its all locked in, just being following Haynes to near enough the exact... I really dont want to do a Bodge of this, doing a bodge is just stupid for a HG

What I do is use 2 head bolts with sockets and big washers to hold the liners so I can turn the engine to check the bores, and then leave them all half way down to clean the old gasket off.
If your not fixing them down just DONT turn the engine.
Good luck.

Cheers for the advice

Cleaning it all down tomorow morning, hopefully get the head back from the Specialists tomorow and I can do the rebuild tomorow

I aint seen pics of that sort of block before, nice to see some interesting guts, good stuff.



Is it ohc?

Is that a phase 2 activa or a V6?

so far so good.... can you see any signs that it was acutally the HG ?  rust/soot markes where they shouldent be ?

p.s. not all pics are loading here (problem at my end) so just ignore this if youve already pointed it out !

Quote from: sdpI aint seen pics of that sort of block before, nice to see some interesting guts, good stuff.



Is it ohc?

Yes its single ohc, and the car was made long after the allegro went out of production yet as the second picture clearly shows the tappets ARE adjustable, and not hydraulic as some dude might think.

Knighty: Yeah it was the HG deffently gone, there was oil in the water a large amount. Also the HG plate was worn and disgusting...

sdp: yes its an over head cam shaft... Makes life easier imo

filbert: I originally had worries as a lot of 205s hadve hydraulic tappets and I dont have the correct tools to re-do hydraulic ones


The engine  is a TU base the modern one used in 106s also. If it was the XY engine the engine would have its rear engine mount off and be jacked up as far as possible

Quote from: MarkIs that a phase 2 activa or a V6?

2.1 Turbo D.

Not very popular those 12V diesels since theyre so tight in the engine bay!