Cylinder head replacement

[hentysnr]

Hi Guys
I am new to the forum and live in South Africa. I have a 1998 2.5lit turbo-inter-cooled 4x4 double cab pick-up. Have owned the vehicle from new and now has 150,000 miles on the clock and have NEVER had engine problems. I regularly tow a '60 Chev Corvair on an A frame all over the country to car shows. I am pulling the head as the headgasket seems to have blown, is there anything specific that I should be watching out for??? The intention is to replace the head with a new one(NOT REBUILT)ex factory. I will not part with this truck its my second skin best transport I have owned, EXCEPT, of course for my '60 CORVAIR, busy replacing its motor with a big bore replacement. ANY advice comments will be GREATLY appreciated. looking forward to hearing from you!!

 

[AllanD]

I doubt anyone here knows the least thing about your engine as that engine isn't sold in North America

And for that matter your truck is common in name only to the very different trucks they sell here.

I wish this was not the case, but....

AD

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

You could try forums based in Australia. I've seen a few that deal with your stuff, unfortunately I never kept track of them.
Good luck,

Richard

 

[jana]

Hi Guys
I am new to the forum and live in South Africa. I have a 1998 2.5lit turbo-inter-cooled 4x4 double cab pick-up. Have owned the vehicle from new and now has 150,000 miles on the clock and have NEVER had engine problems. I regularly tow a '60 Chev Corvair on an A frame all over the country to car shows. I am pulling the head as the headgasket seems to have blown, is there anything specific that I should be watching out for??? The intention is to cylinder head replacement with a new one(NOT REBUILT)ex factory. I will not part with this truck its my second skin best transport I have owned, EXCEPT, of course for my '60 CORVAIR, busy replacing its motor with a big bore replacement. ANY advice comments will be GREATLY appreciated. looking forward to hearing from you!!

Hi, any update on your head replacement? I know this was a year ago but my friend has a similar problem. Have you resolved this one? What have you done to address this issue?