symptoms of....

rnli rich

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my friend seems to think that the head gasket is begining to go on my lovely little 7.5 1980, so if hes right , could you lovely people tell me what the symptoms of a troublesome head gasket are? and also is it a difficult job to fix

many thanks in advance
 

iwombat

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Re: symptoms of....

Compression test of the cylinders will show a greater than 10% difference in psi readings.

One sparkplug will look like it's been steam-cleaned.
 
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