you might find mayo in the oil if its been standing about for a while.

be carefull as water may be hot

look at the oil cap for white mayo and look to see if the water has pressure in it by taking cap off after its been run for a few mins if water goes everywhere or if theres the mayo its gasket has gone

havent got appropriate equipment good buddy

compression test it

i dont even know that its gone.... picking a corsa up today which i looked at last night, and there was a lot of smoke... BUT..... its been stood for ages doing nothing, and it was absolutely freezing cold outside. looked at engine quickly and it was clean as anythin really.


thanks for help

lol bloody hell mate. thanks for help but i cant risk it, unless my mate stuyw can help me. he may just laugh if i ask him though lol

you may not need to change your waterpump, its not as nesasarry like with the XE's where you r adviced to change if with every belt change. Altough if you tension the belt with the water pump you may or may not need to replace the water pump seal, its luck of the draw, sum times it leaks sum times not.

honestly i think u prob could atleast strip off the head, u could then get some help for fitting and torque down the head and fitting the timing belt. Just lose off the exhaust manifold, or even just the down pipe, disconnect all hoses and wire from the inlet manifold, take off the water pipe from the head (optional if you want to drain the block first) lose off the dizzy very simple, then lose the head bolts in sequence just a little at a time, take it in about 2 or 3 goes to save u from warping the head anymore. U can leave the inlet attached to the head when taking it off, its much eaiser to lose if off from the head on the bench.

lol

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cant do cambelt DIY pal. i cant anyway fella. dont wanna take head off myself neither. i can only do the real basics. i have stripped an engine but it was like a 1960s bus diesel engine lol

[Edited on 10-02-2006 by Mike_Corsa]

yeah, easy enough to do yourself on an 8v... do the cambelt too, an extra 10er and waterpump 15 quid

cheers fella. maybe £100-150 tops then?

1.2 8v head:

headbolts 10 of - £10
gasket - £15 quid
Head Skim - £15 -20

then just time

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if the head gasket goes on a corsa 1.2 8v, what is involved in repairing the problem ? is it just taking the head off and replacing the gasket?
also what does it usually cost to have done ? £200 ? or more?