ok so I have heard that the stopper is reusable, but not sure in this case.
it looks fine it only has a few thousand miles on it, but when i was taking my head off i noticed that almost all of the exhaust side nuts where just tight. i had to use little effort to break them loose.
the car was not running or starting because of what I'd have to say from the looks of it is a blown head gasket.
now the gasket looks fine could it be that it was just too loose to hold compression and the head gasket is still ok or do i need to replace it.
if i dont i can get my baby together and running with what i have but if not then I need to wait til after i pay some bills because $300 is too much for a new one right now.
I know I could just do a stock gasket or a cheaper then the stopper gasket bt I'd much rather do this once. and I in the end want a stopper gasket in my engine.
thanks for any help
it looks fine it only has a few thousand miles on it, but when i was taking my head off i noticed that almost all of the exhaust side nuts where just tight. i had to use little effort to break them loose.
the car was not running or starting because of what I'd have to say from the looks of it is a blown head gasket.
now the gasket looks fine could it be that it was just too loose to hold compression and the head gasket is still ok or do i need to replace it.
if i dont i can get my baby together and running with what i have but if not then I need to wait til after i pay some bills because $300 is too much for a new one right now.
I know I could just do a stock gasket or a cheaper then the stopper gasket bt I'd much rather do this once. and I in the end want a stopper gasket in my engine.
thanks for any help