help !? suspected head gasket fail

[brad306]

think my head gasket is starting to give up and being a young lad its going to skint me getting it done, lol before i get it stripped down i just wanted to make sure it was the head gasket so here are my problems,

hardly any heaters? i know this could be the heater matrix, they blow warm after given enough time to build up heat,

pressure in the water system, even after a short drive, there is loads of pressure in the rad pipes and can hardly be sqeezed together, and when releasing the pressure with the rad cap, it almost instantly bubbles over, even having bled this up multiple times, it still does this, but with the radiator cap off, while revving the engine, the water level drops, and seems normal until i go for another drive and were back to square 1.

an oil leak which has developed, ive had the rocker gasket replaced, but it still looks like it could be leaking from the head.

however i have noticed no loss of power in the car at all, just the heaters blow cold if not given time to wake up, and the pressure in the water system.

its really starting to get on my nerves now, i dont want to run the risk of running it and warping the head, but i need to use the car for work, advice would be appreciated thanks !

[stevedturboxud]

Did karl sort the prob last nite

[puglove]

just drop another lump in it jobs a gooden

[brad306]

probably best thing i could do to sort it but im skint

[CJ_Derv]

http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-8084.html

[puglove]

probably best thing i could do to sort it but im skint

would be the quickest cheapest option if your handy with the spanners

[samass]

Even if you're not, changing an engine is fairly straight forward. First job I did on a 306 was an engine change

[CJ_Derv]

Do it youself its not hard read up on guides etc take your time make sure you get head pressure tested and skimmed and a decent gasket and new head bolts, this way your not risking buying a complete engine which could easily pop another gasket and back to square one

[Mattcheese31]

sounds like HG mate yes . . .

[brad306]

thanks guys just wanted to seek some advice before i have someone do it, thanks..

[fieldofrob]

just drop another lump in it jobs a gooden

what would a decent engine cost? Is a scrappies the best place? depending on the scrappy......cheers.