Previa Head Gasket

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#1 girlracer

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 11:26 AM

guys as you know we gave our lucida to my mum, yes the one that all of you help us fix with your advice on putting on the new head, Any way prior to that she bought a previa with her insurance money , the previa blew up on her way home from buying it, AA said the head gasket is gone, thats y we ended up giving her ours and buying that new one that i have put pics up of, anyway we have decided to do the head gasket on it and sell it for her to hopefully get all her money back,
Is there anything mike needs to know about doing a head gasket on a 2.4 P reg previa as he has never done one before????

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#2 paul9

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 03:18 PM

not quite as much room to work on a petrol,and dont forget it is a camchain and not a belt,as he will no doubt find out i'm sure,ha ha.

If he can tackle a cylinder head on a diesel,should be fine with a petrol,also probably just the gasket so a skim and pressure test will be enough in most cases.

'can athieists' still claim on their insurance for acts of god?'

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#3 girlracer

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 07:45 PM

lol yep he has found both those details out now lol, and has stopped him dead, hes not to sure bout it now as never done a chain driven 1 b4, he not sure where 2 go from here or how 2 put it bk together once its all done lol, so he leaving it along 4 now till we get some more advice

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#4 mike (Walsall)

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 07:55 PM

Borrow a Clymer or Haynes workshop manual for a Prvia from your library ...

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#5 buffallobob

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 08:53 PM

girlracer, on 08 February 2010 - 11:26 AM, said:

You do need to get a manual for this as there are some important bits with the timing chain tensioner and chain and gear driven camshafts also you will need to drop the engine down as well.
bob