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<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> I did as you say. The manifold was well torqued. I then ran without coolant for 5 mins to give the glue a chance to set. After filling it and resetting timing it was running bad and water was spitting out of the exhausts. I went around the manifold afew times and all the bolts were...

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> I'll give the engine shop that skimmed the heads a call tomorrow and see what they say. Peter, I see what you are saying, but the fact that water is spitting out of the exhausts and steam is still coming out of the oil filler cap makes me think that the inlet manifold is not sittin...

<t>I havent changed the oil, so it is very possible that some water got into the oil. But there seems to be alot of mayo, and there is water spitting out the exhaust.<br/> <br/> When I put my hand over the exhaust it spits sooty water on to my and once every 2 seconds or so. This happens on both exh...

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> No I didnt get the inlet manifold skimmed too. I guess I'll need to do that then? Does it sound like this is the cause of my problems?<br/> <br/> The guy who skimmed the heads said they had been skimmed before. Will he know how much the inlet manifold needs skimmed by?<br/> <br/> T...

<t>Is it possible that water is being sucked into the cylinders with the fuel due to bad mating between heads and inlet manifold? Could the water also be getting into the rocker covers from here?<br/> <br/> I am thinking that maybe the inlet manifold isn't sitting totally flush with the heads becaus...

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> Its just one thing after another with my capri.<br/> <br/> History:<br/> Heads were warped, so had skimmed and replaced gaskets. Ran ok for 2 days, set timing wrong (sparking at about 2 degrees unstead of 14.) Lost power on motorway and stalled, then wouldnt start when warm. Though...

What would happen if I drove 30 miles, with the timing set to TDC instead of 12 degrees? Would this cause the problem I am having? I did this a few weeks back before I understood the manual, where is says set to "O" mark.

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> Just got my 2.8i back together after replacing head gaskets.<br/> <br/> It now seems to be running very strangly.<br/> <br/> Once its warmed up it and I leave it idling at 1000 rpm, it goes up to 1100 then down to 900 then back to 1000. It seems to do this every 4 seconds, like som...

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> I got the car to start. Managed it by rotating the distributer. This makes me think that maybe the engine timing is out. When it did start it ran really badly and stalled at low revs. I had to rotate the distributer so that the bit that sticks out that the air hose goes into was to...

There is currently no coolant in the car, will this make a diference to it starting?

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> Just replaced my inlet gasket and capri wont start. Here's some back ground:<br/> <br/> Last week I was driving home from work and the car felt really under powered. After 5 miles I was flooring it and only doing 45mph.<br/> <br/> After I cam off the motorway it stalled and wouldnt...

Found the plug. Pain in the ass to get at. Gave up on it and loosened the Thermostat housing to drain it. =)

When you said "remove the 90 degree hose at it's highest setting" do you mean where the hose goes into the inlet manifold?

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What does it look like? Is it a bolt like the oil plug? Is their a hose coming out of it?

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<t>I flushed the system recently and the coolant looks blue, so dont need to do that I think.<br/> <br/> Do I need to remove this plug above the oil filter? If I leave the radiator bottom hose off I guess it means there will never be any pressure in the system to breach the seal on the inlet manifol...

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> I've drained the system by removing the radiator bottom hose. The manual says to completely drain the system there is a plug behind the oil filter, but i cant find it.<br/> <br/> Do i need to remove this plug?<br/> <br/> Should I leave the radiator bottom hose disconnected when I r...

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Do I need to renew the air chamber gasket each time I take it off? I have a gasket for it, its very thin and papery. If I wanted a new gasket, where would I get one from?

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-Chris

Ok, I got a new Payen inlet gasket. Im going to fit it, torque up and run without coolant like you say. How long should I run it for before putting coolant it? It is safe to run the pump dry?

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<t>I'll do that. Ordered a new gasket from Burtons today. The one I had I got in a gasket set off of ebay and the gaskets were all really crap. The Inlet one was just made of card as opposed to the same stuff as the head gaskets are made of.<br/> <br/> When it arrives I'll fit it and set to specifie...

<t>Hi,<br/> <br/> Just had heads skimmed and fitted new gaskets on my 2.8i.<br/> <br/> Was fine for 3 days and then I got a problem.<br/> <br/> Was driving on the motor way and lost power. Was flooring it and only manged 45mph. RPM at this time was about 2500 and temperature was normal.<br/> <br/> N...

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