uprated head gaskets

[bidderman1969]

where can you get them for, for the F7p's?

tried ebay, where i saw them before, tried google, tried K-Tec

they were about £55

:?

 

[Neal R19]

what do you need one for?

 

[jay]

ebay has some but there £99, bit pricey but you pay for wot u get i suppose

 

[Larry]

k-tec have the full kit in their catalogue, uprated for 65 pound, think you seen that one baz

 

[lewis77]

Sport Compact

Im getting one of these for the engine rebuild, heard good things from various people.

 

[Neal R19]

Again, what do you need it for?

What makes you think it will be any better on a stock engine than the one that Renault spent thousands of Francs developing and testing?

 

[JR]

ahh le trational français franc comment nous manquer !

 

[Chris H]

Neal, Neal, Neal, Nealio, Neally-poo, Nealy honey bun baby binky boo.

Don't question its better to laugh later :lol:

 

[bidderman1969]

its just with everything else, i just want one thats better than stock. seems to be a common failure with them, just wanna have piece of mind

 

[Chris H]

I have yet to actually change or see a blown one.

I have seen plenty rotten ones which are due to poor maintenance, ones which have had blow by due to knackered heads or incorrect torque procedures.

But even the turbo'd ones will not blow the gasket if they are uprated PROPERLY

 

[Neal R19]

its only common because retards dont know how to maintain them or use proper coolant!

 

[bidderman1969]

thinking about it, its only cars i've picked up that i've changed the HG, or have had a HG problem, so far

 

[HBZ 545]

its only common because retards dont know how to maintain them or use proper coolant!

While on that subject Just out of curiosity what coolant do you recommend as I've had a couple of conficting opinions and don't want to complete an engine rebuild myself only to feck it up with something so simple as the wrong coolant.:?

 

[Neal R19]

cheap blue stuff, super coldmaster or whatever its called

 

[bidderman1969]

what do Renault specify?

 

[Larry]

i had two different 1.4's both with hg issues, mind you i had bought them like that so i cant vouch for the maintenance of them but i always make it a point of keeping everything in that dept sorted. The first one was definitely caused by dodgy thermostat

 

[HBZ 545]

cheap blue stuff, super coldmaster or whatever its called

I don't mean to be awkward but I'd prefer to use genuine renault or oe recommended. No sense in doing a full rebuild to cheap out with the coolant.

 

[Chris H]

:lol:

pray tell what secret ingredient is added to renault coolant to make it differ from the comma coldstream.

 

[Neal R19]

If you want genuine Renault, it's Type D

 

[Chris H]

which is sister to preparation H