Jarod85 Member 58 Member For: 14y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Orange Posted 25/05/10 04:06 AM Share Posted 25/05/10 04:06 AM HiI recently blew the head gasket and maybe the turbo on my XR6T (the turbo is a little noisy now). The BA has over 130,000 on it, which I bought second hand.Im looking for advice as to which way to get it fixed. eg new short block, just repair the gasket kit etc.The car has a 4in dump and full exhaust. And a generic 10psi tune from capa.If the head is still good I have a mate who can get it machined cheap.Being a BA, I figure the bottom end probably isnt the best. Should I get a new short block.I have seen on here people have been getting short blocks from ford for as low as $2400. The best price I can get is $2930. My local dealer wanted $4300 :S. Then there is the atomic block id love, but cant really afford.I have a mate of a mate, who will swap the blocks over, for my old block and $500 cash his way if I go this path.Any thoughts or suggestions would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Donating Members 553 Member For: 15y 8m Gender: Male Posted 25/05/10 08:18 AM Share Posted 25/05/10 08:18 AM stop being a *beep* and refinance your loans for 400kw hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 25/05/10 11:02 AM Share Posted 25/05/10 11:02 AM Quite easy job and not a lot of cost to do the head gasket. Much cheaper than a short block. Just make sure you change the head bolts and machine the head.Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji_vs Donating Members 403 Member For: 16y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: East Suburbs Melbourne Posted 25/05/10 12:24 PM Share Posted 25/05/10 12:24 PM Just out of curiosity what makes you think you have blown your gasket? Just wondering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhxrsix Member 174 Member For: 18y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 25/05/10 01:46 PM Share Posted 25/05/10 01:46 PM are you sure it hasn't overboosting or pinging with the 4in dump and no tune? this might cause headgasket problems?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarod85 Member 58 Member For: 14y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Orange Posted 25/05/10 02:14 PM Author Share Posted 25/05/10 02:14 PM The coolant disappeared bloody quick, and the oil in the motor is dirty brown milk. And I now communicate via smoke signals from the exhaust.When I got the 4in dump pipe, I was worried about overboosting. But capa told me the generic tune from them would stop over boosting. Is there a chance rather then a blown head gasket it could be a turbo problem ? The oil and water mixing in the turbo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 25/05/10 11:16 PM Share Posted 25/05/10 11:16 PM it is possible but highly un likly to be turbo.But it is unusal for head gasket to go aswell.But than again generic tune with 4 inch dump may have caused it.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 25/05/10 11:17 PM Share Posted 25/05/10 11:17 PM where do you live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkice Boost Addict Member 1,273 Member For: 16y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth, W.A. Posted 26/05/10 12:31 AM Share Posted 26/05/10 12:31 AM hey budgot a long fg motor with turbo manifold and turbo ready to go... can probably cut ya a deal... check the classifieds mate.kice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarod85 Member 58 Member For: 14y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Orange Posted 26/05/10 03:00 AM Author Share Posted 26/05/10 03:00 AM where do you live.Orange nsw. The car did over heat, but I figured it was due to the coolant loss because it blew the head gasket. But I found a coolant leak near the heater hose. So I figure the small leak caused it to cook enough to blow the gasket.hey budgot a long fg motor with turbo manifold and turbo ready to go... can probably cut ya a deal... check the classifieds mate.kiceThanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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