Alex121

[kieran40]

Does anybody know whats happend to Alex has he decided to throw the towel in or is he just busy hope he's okay and his s40.


I'm the only black s40 owner left if he's gone

[Antz]

He is in Norway right now.

[volvorocks]

Wish I was as well..!! Nice place.

[Matt86]

When I last spoke to him, he's looking like he might be able to get the car fully forged as it's looking like the head gasket that's gone and will get it all done at the same time.

[Antz]

F*****g T4 headgaskets.......the one downside to owning a T4. Seems to be a common thing after 140k miles.

[kieran40]

Glad he's okay

[kieran40]

Originally Posted by Antz

F*****g T4 headgaskets.......the one downside to owning a T4. Seems to be a common thing after 140k miles.

Youre lucky it's not a rover k series antz they do it every 140 miles lol, fricken crap things that head shifts and it takes the h/g with it

[skyship007]

Originally Posted by Antz

F*****g T4 headgaskets.......the one downside to owning a T4. Seems to be a common thing after 140k miles.

An HG failure is often one of the first major items to go on an old block, petrol or diesel. Although some engines do suffer from HG related design faults, many HG's fail early because of overheating, overboosting or poor oil flow patterns around the head caused by varnish and sludge.

The most common old block HG failure syndrome that catches many owners out, is a tiny pin hole (Might be just high time corrosion related) that allows small amounts of anti freeze to contaminate the engine oil without producing any obvious signs like coffee cream etc. The AF reacts with the detergents in the oil that are supposed to keep the block sludge free, that slows down the oil flow around the head causing the HG to heat up in an uneven manner which then causes a real crack or fries the turbo bearings up.

Hope Alex has got his winter tyres on, as it's snowing where I am and I'm a long way South of Skandixland.

[Antz]

I'm glad I cant read the above. I bet it goes into the nth degree about oil contamination with anti freeze and reasons as to why a headgasket can fail due to "poor maintenance" or such like.

[Matt86]

Originally Posted by Antz

I'm glad I cant read the above. I bet it goes into the nth degree about oil contamination with anti freeze and reasons as to why a headgasket can fail due to "poor maintenance" or such like.

Ding we have a winner!