Head gasket

22nd May 2006, 00:41

Does any one know if citroen modified the vts head gasket because the orignal i remover was a fibre material and the new one is a few layers of metal and the hole on the offside front corner (cambelt side) is smaller than the old one

22nd May 2006, 00:52

i'd speak to the supplier of the new gasket, isnt work the hassle of it going wrong mate imo.

22nd May 2006, 00:56

it was citroen everything else they supplied is spot on expensive but it fits lol £517 quid for some gaskets and tappets

22nd May 2006, 01:00

haha, well aslong as you gave them the chassis number it should be right. i'd phone them before fitting it thou just incase it was a muppet or on the wrong shelf.

22nd May 2006, 03:03

early headgaskets were paper, new better ones are multlilayered steel

22nd May 2006, 23:46

well if it all goes pete tong ill blame shitroen they hade every detail possible

22nd May 2006, 23:57

if it goes wrong they'l just say tuff shit

23rd May 2006, 00:57

its as scott said, earlier models were paper gasket (which is why a few vts round 50k+ started blowing head gaskets) they then replaced them with multilayered metal to stop this happening. All phase 2 saxos should have the metal, and you should always fit a metal one as the replacement

23rd May 2006, 02:58

cool cheers ratty and scott do you know where i can get the cambelt tensioer gauge from?

23rd May 2006, 04:00

rule of thumb is you should be able to twist the belt by 45 degrees at the tensioner, or ask a local citroen garage to borrow one (as new they are £200+).

23rd May 2006, 04:12

wow thats expensive. at the tensioner?which part of the belt exactly, is it above the tensioner because the water pumps quite close underneath i thought you checked it between the exhaust cam and roller? i dont think theyd let me borrow one their hard eough to buy parts from