Cylinder Gasket Replacement

[Deleted58156]

hey guys just thought i would run this by you all.
So i was jumping my bat today as i thing the cold weather up here my have a drained it a bit to low, and i noticed that i had a small amount of oil that seeped out between the head and the block on the front side right about the exhaust heat sheild (yes i know i still have it cause its still stock =[) now my first guess (and the cheapest) would be the cylinder gasket. Now i've only replaced them on a couple of older engines and my old 351cl v8 so what i was wondering is how difficult it is on the 2.0? thanks

 

[lil_red_wagon]

it's mainly just more time consuming than anything. it sounds like you have some mechanical knowledge, so i won't dumb it down for you.

all that i can say is to set the timing at zero before you start and remember where everything is set. pull the crank pulley and front cover (i think you have to pull the valve cover while you are at this). pull the timing belt and then pull the head.

while you are at it, go ahead and swap out the valve cover gasket, timing belt, cam seals, and crank seal. you may want to go ahead and do the water pump while you are in there since it will inevitably go out as soon as you bolt everything back together.

 

[TheMAN]

are you sure its the head gasket and not the valve cover gasket? external head gasket leaks are not common on our cars

 

[Guvner]

I would degrease the engine to get rid of any oil/grease build up if there is any then check to see where the oil is coming from. COuld be oil that dripped from the valve cover.

 

[Deleted58156]

are you sure its the head gasket and not the valve cover gasket? external head gasket leaks are not common on our cars

you may be right it may be the valve cover gasket now thinking about it.....though after reading what lill red wagon said, it may be a good idea to do it, cause the car is at about 110 000K and it may be a good idea to do the timing belt as well, plus while im in there i could do the valve sleeves to possible get rid of that ticking sound im getting at higher rpms.

 

[Deleted58156]

it's mainly just more time consuming than anything. it sounds like you have some mechanical knowledge, so i won't dumb it down for you.

all that i can say is to set the timing at zero before you start and remember where everything is set. pull the crank pulley and front cover (i think you have to pull the valve cover while you are at this). pull the timing belt and then pull the head.

while you are at it, go ahead and swap out the valve cover gasket, timing belt, cam seals, and crank seal. you may want to go ahead and do the water pump while you are in there since it will inevitably go out as soon as you bolt everything back together.

i guess it would make sense to finally slap in a turbo while doing all this i guess eh?
though the only problem im worried with is if i should get lower compression pistons and a totally new head?