MG TF Restoration ¦ Head Gasket Replacement
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Finally manage to get the head gasket sorted in this video so that bit closer to firing it up!
Question - Do you have any ideas where I could take the car when it's on the road? Any British/classic car events, general car events worth visiting?
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Enjoyed this video, my head gasket went and had a £700 garage bill, i think you need to have an inner calmness to attempt jobs like this, i have a lot of respect for mechanics.
Hi. When I got my first TF I joined the MGOC and the MGCC. Both clubs organise great events over the year and are well worth a look, cheap to join as well. Obviously with the Corona virus limiting travel at the moment, time best spent getting it ready for such events. Great video, enjoyed it. Cheers. Garry.
thank you, I always wanted an MG TF, it's such a pretty little car
Thanks Lee, very good video. My head gasket has gone (1996 MGF), this will give me a bit more confidence to have a go myself
Cheers Gary, definitely worth a go👍
Enjoying watching these video series as I can see someone else is suffering from the same problems as me, I have exactly same car I'm doing all this exact work on myself, good work pal
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The tie wrap was a great idea.
yeah but it made you shout 'don't clip it above the engine!!' didn't it?? 😄
A great video. I had one MG TF but I sold about 5 years ago and now I regret it. Greetings from Poland. I keep my fingers crossed for your project.
Thanks a lot Bergi 😀👍🚘
Join Mg car club there will be a meeting called a natter near to you they hold events every few months depending on which part of the country and how active the matter is . As for where to go I’ve been to Scotland, Italy, Spain , Ireland , Germany , Holland, Belgium over a 4 year period I’m just doing up another to do the North coast 500 this year keep the video coming very useful stuff Lee
Many thanks Andrew, I'll take a look. The North coast 500 is a must at some point!
Really detailed and useful videos, providing a great service... Head gasket... I too installed the two part mls gasket thinking it was a foolproof solution only to find out later that this too has a lower level failure rate. I suggest the later N series 6 layer gasket is the ultimate solution. More expensive but apparently with no history of failure. As its also just one gasket it reduces the likelihood of misalignment.
Driving over Sydney’s harbor bridge is quite special! I realize that’s a bit of a long shot ,lol. Keep them coming.😁
Very clear and informative. Looking forward to when you take the front sub frame off as I might tackle this next year too. 👍
Thanks Anthony, I'm dreading it!!! Lol😂
Lake District is a must, especially some of the mountain passes. You won’t be disappointed 😀
Thanks Chris!...noted!! 👍
This is amazing content! So well presented. Have subscribed!
Found your channel today watched all the videos, 👍🏼 looking forward to some more. Keep up the good work.
Many thanks Anthony 😁👍
MGLEE- There's always the fs 25th birthday bash! At the British motor Heritage centre in Gaydon Warwickshire! This summer! (If covid allows!lol) I'd quite like to go with Martin my blue trophy!😁 I bought him from Trophy cars of Stamford, in Feb 2016! They made a point of changing, the headgasket, cambelt and water pump! As a routine procedure when they get every new car in! Which I think is very good!
Hi Lee, another great, clear video. There's an annual MG meet at the cotswold wildlife park in Burford Oxfordshire which is free and open to anyone driving an MG. Its a good day out with free entry into the park. Not sure if it will take place this year due to covid, but worth keeping an eye out for.
That's awesome, thanks Phil will definitely!
Another nice video mate. Looking forward to how it progresses.
Cheers buddy. 👍
Great work mate
Cheers Atherton, much appreciated 😃
If you still have the MG February next year. Look out for Friends round London. Top night out in a convertible.
Welldone fella, finally a MGTF video collection, mines F""ked so good luck
🤣🤣 something we have in common then! Lol but should see better days when its had a bit of TLC. 👍
@@wheatleysworkshop mate I've done head gasket, inlet manifold, new clutch as basics, still loosing coolant and oil, even under pressure test its not loosing any pressure, any ideas please help 😂😂😂😂
@@computerrossa tricky one! 🤔 I've had a few comments come through since doing my head gasket and mention things like checking the head/block were level, liner heights were at least 4 thousands above the head etc. The strengthened oil could help so it could be clamped down tighter.
Italy...👍
Just one thing I noticed which probably won't matter, but just in case - I wouldn't use WD40 to clean the surfaces. It is a silicone based fluid which may leave a residue. Just a clean cloth and green scourer should do - maybe damped a bit of gunk or similar degreaser if required..
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The workshop manual tells you to place the bolts in. Then you see how they did it in the factory and figure it's not surprising they had a lot of hgfs. This vid is one of the original Rover promo videos about the k-series. There's a longer version out there somewhere. To be fair the smaller bore variants were all fine, the problems were mainly with the 1.8 th-cam.com/video/Os3b6hVOrFg/w-d-xo.html
Did you check if the head needed skimming ? Apparently multilayer head gasket is very unlikely to fail they say as its made of steel... just wondering why it failed. Mine has multilayer headgasket which has been going strong for a while now
Thanks Gamer, thats encouraging to know! I did the light check with a flat metal ruler to see if any light came through and couldnt see anything which was a relief. The old gasket didnt looked damaged so may have not been torque'd up correctly or surfaces not cleaned properly perhaps? 🤔
Ιts may be the liners. Finger crossed and will see.
You can check for head warp by placing it gasket face down on a flat surface ie glass sheet or surface table if you have one, then go round with a feeler gauge. And also you can smear a layer of engineers blue on the flat surface and rotate the head around this will show up any high spots. It doesn't take much of a gap especially on an aluminium head to let water through.
Another great vid.
Keep them coming.
From what I’ve read it’s the cylinder liners that are one of the main caused of HGF
Did you check the hight of them to see if they have shifted at all?
Nice job, really enjoying your videos. I really like that light you have attached to the back edge of the soft top frame. Do you recall where you got it? It looks to work really with with the TF? I have a N-reg MGF myself.
Cheers Mark, they're battery work lights you can get from Screwfix 👍
I had that multilayer gasket in my car during 60.000km and then it had a leak in which the air pressure inside the cylinder heads is transferred to the cooling system, so the car was overheating. So 3 years ago I set the SAIC type, with oil rail and bolts (ref. ZUA000530). It was an improvement powered by Ricardo PLC in the SAIC K-Series, they say that there is no failures reported regarding head gasket in that engines.
I suspect the upgraded one would last much longer, that said I'll be well chuffed if the multilayer lasts anywhere close to 60k! My cylinder liners weren't very good though 😕, still, will be an excuse for an engine swap 😆
@@wheatleysworkshop oooooh!! that engine swap will take many videos!! What do you have in mind? a VVC? K-turbo? KV6?
@@pisxa24 at the minute im toying with the idea of either a VR6 or a T5😳🚘
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Has anyone tried swapping the MGTF engine with the MG6's Kavachi 1.8? Does this require new engine mounts or is it a straight swap?
Why don’t you see if you can create a like minded meet/ drive ?
Thanks Daniel, that's a good shout! I'll think of some options and see when people think 😀👍
Count me in!
Go out and drift it :D
Hi could you send me tel or address . do you accept mg tf for health check? I would appreciate thanks
www.mgcc.co.uk/club-meets/
Natter info
british engineering, no thanks. I used to own an MGF 1.8 vvc 1997 and it got broken three times due to overheating, and all the failures happened driving at 80km/h to no more than 120km/h, 2 at spring and 1 in summer. The engine is a total mess, it got heated so many times, not only the liquid cooling system but also the most dangerous thing, the oil....yeah...i was driving always scared thinking "oh my God will this shit go up this 5% slope this time or will it leave me abandoned in the middle of the highway ?' . There is no coincindence that worst reliability ever are british cars, have a look of nowadays, these brands are topping the failure rankings: land rover with range rovers, jaguar, rover (extint, thanks God). I repaired the head gasket and the cars was still failing till I SOLD IT. cheers and goodwill. The car is beautiful but....not enough to own it.