Anyone do a head gasket like this?

[bcjjones]

So I spent some time doing a head gasket on my gvr4. Being a husband, full/overtime worker and father to a two year old I don't have much spare time. Did most of the work was done after dark in the street with very little light. I must have scratched the gasket when putting the head on. It's leaking oil from the head gasket right in the middle by the middle front oil drain in the head. I was hoping it was just the stud for the exhaust mani but unfortunately it's not.

It's a rebuilt head and the block was checked for warping.

Has anyone just lifted the head, pulled the hold gasket out and slipped a new one in? Was gunna have a buddy just hold it up while I did a quick swap..I just don't have the time to do it all over again. I'm using head bolts and not studs.

Good or bad idea?

 

[russell3123]

Bad idea. If the surface is not completely clean it will not seal good . When i do them, i just unbolt the turbo and leave both manifolds on to save time.

 

[Hillala]

As long as you have proper lighting to see everything you're doing and make sure you don't damage the gasket or the head, you should be good to go.

I did the very same thing on a 318i bmw.

 

[TSicktalon]

If you are sure the head is flat, go for it. But I wouldn't recommend reusing the head bolts, since they're tty.

 

[bcjjones]

I just went ahead and removed the head, I sure did scratch head gasket prettt good. Got it off in 45 min!

Thanks for the help!

 

[blizz99]

Let's see the head gasket. Curious to see what it looks like.

 

[4gfun]

I just went ahead and removed the head, I sure did scratch head gasket prettt good. Got it off in 45 min!

Thanks for the help!

Good deal, 45 minutes? Wow, it takes me 8 hours.