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 international man of mystery Posts: 2484    | I havent seen a thread with this so thought i would add it. Not sure if you are all aware but there is a new type gasket available for the k series engine to hopefully help the Head gasket issues. I went to Landrover and asked for the upgraded head gasket. They gave me the one on the right ( i didnt check when they gave it to me in the box). This is the revised OLD gasket. I called them to tell them that this was the old style but They couldnt sell me the new gasket as they are on back order, but my local motor factors are stocking them by payen. Here are the pictures so you know if you have the uprated one or not. Old one is the silver one with red/orange silicon bead around it (RIGHT) New one is a triple layer gasket with metal in the middle and full silicon sheets over it (LEFT) Hope that helps so you dont get fobbed off like they tried doing with me  (HPIM0973.JPG)  (HPIM0975.JPG)  (HPIM0978.JPG) Attachments ----------------  HPIM0973.JPG (64KB - 354 downloads) HPIM0975.JPG (49KB - 324 downloads) HPIM0978.JPG (34KB - 328 downloads) | ||
| petrol_head |
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 drive it like its hired   | cheers for that  | ||
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 Fish freak! MP Admin Posts: 14989 Location: Birmingham | bloody hell there's quite a big difference aint there  | ||
| jeckulz |
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 Big Lad Little Car  Location: North West (Warrington) | |||
| petrol_head |
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drive it like its hired | same mate  | ||
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| sacha |
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international man of mystery Posts: 2484 | |||
| r114gta |
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1d03.jpg?memberid=392&type=profile) Expert Posts: 2156 Location: Burton on Trent | |||
| Alex B |
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 Veteran Posts: 354 Location: Balaguer-Lerida-Spain | I've been told though that using this new style gasket will require a New Oil Rail due to different thickness. Alex Edited by Alex B 19/2/2007 5:16 AM | ||
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 Expert Posts: 8490 Location: Midlands | Nope the new oil rail is just for strength issues and will not effect the block height or head bolt thread depths in any way  If the gasket was a different thickness there would be issues with compression values. Edited by AdrianSi 19/2/2007 8:00 AM | ||
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Veteran Posts: 354 Location: Balaguer-Lerida-Spain | Adrian is that 100% sure ? Not that I doubt it just that before I get a new set for mine I would like to be 100% sure on what parts are needed to do the job. Thanks, Alex | ||
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drive it like its hired | adrian knows his stuff mate, you should be looking at changing the head bolts aswell | ||
| Alex B |
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Veteran Posts: 354 Location: Balaguer-Lerida-Spain | OK thanks  | ||
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| "MG Metro 1300" Location: Warwickshire, UK | Is this worth a sticky do you think? Useful piece of information | ||
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 MetroPower Bouncer ™ Forum Admin Location: Gloucester @ Da Ghetto. Innit. | Done and done. LT | ||
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 aka chris_evz Posts: 2726 Location: brynna south wales | |||
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drive it like its hired | |||
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 Elite Veteran Posts: 925 Location: Southampton, Hampshire | yep, just put one in my 1.1 | ||
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aka chris_evz Posts: 2726 Location: brynna south wales | |||
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 now on 2 wheels Posts: 7576 Location: back in longbridge b31 | |||
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 Mad about Metros Posts: 2556 Location: worcester,midlands | |||
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Mad about Metros Posts: 2556 Location: worcester,midlands | |||
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| "MG Metro 1300" Location: Warwickshire, UK | |||
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