Head skimming

[Niall]

As you probably know, I'm starting rebuilding a spare head for my 1.8. The car it came off of was running really well with no overheating or signs of gasket failure. Do you reckon it's still worth getting a very light skim done on it before I start work on it?

[Connor]

Skim and pressure test personally

[Jonny b]

I would skim it regardless bud

[Jonny b]

I know a man ha ha

[Niall]

I know a man ha ha

Really? Reckon you could sort us out mates rates? Haha

[Ruan]

Absolutely. Don't bother putting it on without just a skim to save money, if it's cracked or it doesn't seal right, you'll kick yourself...

Costs £60 for an XUD9 head for pressure test and skim, which is more difficult to do because of the Inconel PCCs.

[Niall]

Right will get it done then. Payday tonight so I can start ordering all the belts gaskets, water pump ect ect looking forward to having a car that's not burning oil!

[Jonny b]

£40 for the skim and test fecking upholsterers not in today so I'll see him tommorrow bud

[Niall]

£40 for the skim and test fecking upholsterers not in today so I'll see him tommorrow bud

Nice one Jonny. Pm me your number again and I'll give ya a bell tonight.

[Jonny b]

Will do when home up to me eyes at the mo

[Foxy-jim]

Do it mate!

[4WayDiablo]

I took mine to a local college to do. The tutor skimmed it and testdd it whilst showing the students :-) and ionly payed 20 quid which went straight in the tutors back pocket

[Matt]

I'm going to get mine done too when I get payed

[4WayDiablo]

^at a local college? :-P

[Matt]

Possibly. I'm going to phone aroun and see where's cheapest

[Niall]

Ive been quoted 30 quid plus vat to do it. Dropping it there on sat unless Jonny comes up with something.

[4WayDiablo]

That aint half bad neill!

[Foxy-jim]

I didn't think about taking it to my local college!

[Connor]

Ive been quoted 30 quid plus vat to do it. Dropping it there on sat unless Jonny comes up with something.

That include a pressure test? If so thats a cracking price

[Niall]

Ive been quoted 30 quid plus vat to do it. Dropping it there on sat unless Jonny comes up with something.

That include a pressure test? If so thats a cracking price

Yeah. He wanted to charge me 80 at first and started saying the HG could of gone until I made it clear I knew what I was on about and it was already stripped down to the bare block!

[Foxy-jim]

I love it when they tr and talk crap to you! Makes me laugh.

[Niall]

I love it when they tr and talk crap to you! Makes me laugh.

Wernt having any of it. Seemed like a alright bloke though when he realised I wernt some noob

[Foxy-jim]

The guy at my garage does the same to me. Can wait to let him in on the whole brake thing I said about the other day!

[Matt]

Hopefully picking my new head up on Wednesday, so I'll strip mine down. See if I can get it cheaper.

Niall how much did you remove? I actually haven't had a look at the head yet so dont know why I'm taking off lol

[Niall]

Stripped it right down. All that's left in there is the valve guides.

[4WayDiablo]

You can skim my head any day of the week niall!

[Ruan]

With skimming, you want to remove as little as possible, just really to remove the crap on the face and make sure it's 100% flat...

Make sure you get a proper multi layer steel gasket, don't bother with those motorfactors fibre shit... It'll last about 30 seconds... And if the surface of the head isn't flat, with an MLS gasket, it'll definitely pop the gasket quick, or even not seal, they can be a bit funny about sealing at times...

Speak to your engineering place and ask them to get you a proper Elring or Victor Reinz or similar Multi Layer Steel gasket, they'll also advise you on how many notches, knowing how much they took off the head to return it to standard, or you can leave it and have a slight increase in CR, or decrease with the HG - up to you... Don't accept no substitutes

[Niall]

With skimming, you want to remove as little as possible, just really to remove the crap on the face and make sure it's 100% flat...

Make sure you get a proper multi layer steel gasket, don't bother with those motorfactors fibre shit... It'll last about 30 seconds... And if the surface of the head isn't flat, with an MLS gasket, it'll definitely pop the gasket quick, or even not seal, they can be a bit funny about sealing at times...

Speak to your engineering place and ask them to get you a proper Elring or Victor Reinz or similar Multi Layer Steel gasket, they'll also advise you on how many notches, knowing how much they took off the head to return it to standard, or you can leave it and have a slight increase in CR, or decrease with the HG - up to you... Don't accept no substitutes

Cheers Ruan. Any idea what the original Peugeot HGs are? I've just ordered one of them. Don't mind getting rid for a different one as I payed bugger all for it anyway

[Ruan]

Should be a MLS...

You can easily tell, one feels like it's made from cardboard, one feels like it's made from sheets of metal with sticky black stuff on it...

I'm sure you can tell which ones which

[Niall]

Should be a MLS...

You can easily tell, one feels like it's made from cardboard, one feels like it's made from sheets of metal with sticky black stuff on it...

I'm sure you can tell which ones which

Sure I will when it turns up haha.