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  1. Bought a feeler gauge at last, helpful tool! The block seems fine after all, I couldn't get a 0.05mm feeler under a straight edge, so I guess that's ok. However, I've now gone to clean up the head and take a look there. I've checked with a straight edge there and it's about 0.10mm between cylinders, so likely this will need to be ground down. Whilst cleaning though, I've noticed a pretty gaping flaw in the head which can't possibly be from the factory like this. If you see the attached photos, one without the gasket, one with the gasket over it so you can see how the gasket warped, and then a
  2. Thanks Morgey, hope I get it the right way. I've cleaned up the block, see the pic below. Looks like between cylinder 2 and 3, where the 16th cm is on the ruler, it's lower there than anywhere else and so there's a gap. Does this mean the block is warped and I can't do anything about it? Or will the head gasket expand to fill that space? Also, does that look clean enough, or do I need to go further?
  3. Thanks all for your comments and encouragement, I shall proceed then. Yes, it's a 2e. I'll take the old gasket to the shop so I definitely get the right one. Will update later with more...
  4. Nice one, good that nothing's too bad, thanks for checking it out. I'll start giving it all a clean then. By grind, I meant I was going to do what this guy does: I live on an island where the market is small, there's not much choice, and the experiences I have had with garages here has not filled me with much confidence, hence going down the DIY route for a lot of this. Tell me this is a stupid idea?
  5. Ok, I got down to the block at last. This was a serious lesson in bolt removal, quite a few techniques employed, thankfully no welding. So the head is off now and the block exposed, see the photos attached. You can see the coolant in the chambers clearly, lots of gunk all over the show, but what other things can I read from this? Need to put a straight edge on the block and if that's ok, I guess I can crack on with grinding down the surface of the head, clean everything up, new gasket, and put it all back together? What about the pistons, do they need to come off for anything? Can I grind with
  6. Thanks Calum. Had to chuckle at "ease of access". Will post the next stage soon
  7. Managed to get the mofo exhaust manifold off at last, bought a specific 14mm wrench, used more penetrating oil and finally the bastard came off, including some skin from my arm. Now I've got to get the air intake manifold off but it looks very inaccessible. Is it worth removing the head with air intake on and removing when it''s out of the car?
  8. Well it's easier said than done to just take a look at the damage and then make your mind up. I'm about half way down to get the head off now but stumped at how to get the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold off. Broken one wrench on the exhaust manifold and rounded a bolt off on the intake. Been spraying penetrating oil like a mad man, but to no avail. Feeling a bit hopeless, any ideas?
  9. It's true, and after watching a few more, it all looks doable, despite quite a challenge. I'll try to post progress on the job. Thanks all for the tips. It's a 2e carb by the way.
  10. Well I could, I've just been watching horror story videos on youtube that say if the vehicle has overheated and was driven until it breaksdown, there are very high chances that many more problems have been caused, and consequently would be easier and cheaper to engine swap rather than bother to fix the engine. Not sure what the best course of action is to be honest
  11. Hi all, So the starlet I bought a few months ago has turned out to be more of a banger than I had expected. I hadn't realised the head gasket was leaking when I'd bought it, learning how these things work all the time, but now the signs were clear... the coolant in the overflow tank was boiling over! I made a few "fixes", which appeared to improve the situation somewhat, but perhaps I was imagining things. Well one night I lent the car to a friend who ignored the temperature gauge and pushed it into the red until it eventually broke down a kilometer from my house. After this happened I co
  12. Lent my Starlet EP81 to someone and they ended up blowing the radiator up. Not just the cap but the bit that the cap sits on completely blew off the top. I've managed to start her again once she cooled down and as far as I can tell she sounds alright. For a bit of context: she was running hot for a while and leaking coolant. Always had to keep my eye on the temp gauge until I found the leak was coming from one of the hoses off the engine. Looks like some rust had built up so much on the bit where the tubing goes on that it wasn't sealing. She ran much cooler from that point and I could re
  13. Thanks nick, it was the original i believe. Probably don't have time or money to go overboard on upgrading, general plan at the moment is to get her working nice and smoothly again. Sort this exhaust leak, replace the water pump, replace the head gasket that's leaking oil, the spark plugs, oil change, wing mirror...and then see where we are. just wondering if this crack in the exhaust manifold is a good opportunity to swap the old one out for a new one, or should i try to patch it?
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