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has that block been through the bath at the machine shop Gary...water jackets look clean:thumbup1:

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LOL i thought when i made that post who,s going to be the 1st knobhead to fire that one up....bish bash bosh..YOU!!! :lol:

:drool::drool:...this place needs a masterbating smiley with posts like this:w00t:

Good little diamond file with the ring set in the vice between 2 pieces of thin wood is how i set my gaps Gary...dont need all the fancy gizmos iff you take your time. 4 thou either side is nothing.

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I could bring your shorty back to life Gary as it does look kinda un-loved mate:clown:

As above...i may be on the sniff for a project:devil2:

Ive never used anything but OEM on all makes...ive always used Nissan or generic copys on zeds with zero problems. With ref to the above, i also know people who have had problems with OEM H/G zed and none zed...

Going back to HG failure..has anyone threw into the hat bad workmanship and even worse head/deck preperation prior to nailing the heads down. Ive took heads off engines zed and none zed after head gasket problems thats only been done less than 10,000 miles and the state of the cleaning and preperation was appaling. To make true judgements over h/g types it would need to be done by the same fitter to same engine types and motors run in a controlled fashion.All this ripping into Cometic maybe unfounded and set alight by internet scaremoungry. Just my thoughts....

great thread and link:thumbup1:

And apply for at least 2 new credit cards:D. Welcome buddy.

like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK-2-ESCORT-COSWORTH-V6-/131340597727?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e948279df :drool::drool: Now this i would love...

thats nice for Easter...did i miss Christmas:huh:

do you mean a banded cloth that goes around the cap?? i used to use one of my wifes pony tail bands and it stopped that oily film you always get around the reservoir top half from the vented cap design

Ive always just had my heads "scrapped" Dan for the gasket to grip after checking flatness...this means 1 or 2 thou at the very very most. Theres a big gap between skimmed and scrapped.

:rofl: love it Gary

We must factor in the very poor combustion of fuel when an engines cold too Noel with regards to excessive bore wash.

:lol::lol:I can see you have personly rebuilt many engines Simon...i really need to put this to bed but i have a feeling you want the last word,here goes anyway. As you know in the oil filter housing there is a ball check valve to stop all the oil above draining from the top end. Every head ive took off and believe me its plenty, zed and none zed when turned upside down it fills the bench with oil and thats without draining the lifters Every Crankshaft ive lifted from a block there a river of oil still in the oil feed lines thats above the crank not below infact theres so much oil thats still left in blocks its a pain in the arse to clean out before it goes for its bore work then into the bath. All an engines oil DOES NOT all drain to the sump when parked over night and the damaging effects of long idle time on a cold engine imho and i stress imho is not oil related. Diesel engines can do 250,000 miles and still have intact bores when stripped as there fuel is oil....big Air compresser pumps from a cold start instantly run at max revs in a nano second with no problems due to lack of oil and run for 30 years plus every day,yea i strip and service these too for bread money;) I really believe the 1st 5 minutes from a cold start on a petrol engine when you dont get proper and full combustion untill hot and the cylinders are swamped with oil washing petrol are really bad.

great looking job

As soon as you have oil pressure you have bearing protection...my understanding is of letting a car hang around on cold idle is prenounced bore damage due to very rich fueling and thus the rings scrapping from bore wash.Its not lack of oil doing the damage its the cold start or wet fueling.Get the hot engine fueling asap is the seceret to happy cylinders..Also ive run a zed motor on a stand and other interesting shop stuff in the name of d1cking about,no more workshop vids these days though as there are too many eyes via google for my liking;)

I gather you have not run a zed motor with no cam covers:rofl:...in actuall fact it has MORE oil up there as on a cold engine the pressure is a lot higher and sump return slower:)

Why did you get the later injectors iff you stayed with 370,s mate:confused: