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how big a job is a head gasket change on a 240? 200 1985

posted by  GregD on  Mon Jan 5 09:46 CST 2004
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I doubt you could find an easier candidate for a low-strees, low-dollar head gasket job. You will want a full head gasket set, though, which may be more than $50. You will also want to spend the $70 or so to have the head cleaned and resurfaced since the most likely cause in my experience for a failure like you describe is corrosion creating a channel under the gasket. Borrow a valve spring compressor and you can hand-lap the valves for nothing. Don't have them ground. I don't even know if there are stem seals to replace but if there are, they will be in your gasket set. The counterhold tool for the crank pulley is very useful but I'm sure many get by without it.

Don't rule out a leak unrelated to the head gasket either.






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