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Do you need to have the head skimmed when the head gasket goes on a 304 1.4?
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∙ 17y ago
A general rule is the head on any car will need skimming if the gasket goes. With out going into too much detail, the head gets slightly damaged once the gasket goes and if it is not skimmed (made really smooth and flat) your gasket won't seal properly and is likely to go again and again. You could always be brave and try getting away with it but I think you'll just be wasting your time and money. Get the job done properly and hopefully you'll never have a gasket go again. A good question to ask though is, why the head gasket blew in the first place.
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When the head gasket goes on a 1.4 306 do you need to have the head skimmed?
Not necessarily. Look at the codition of the head. Get hold of a metre long (3 foot/yard steel or aluminum rule) and put it across the head in different directions, logways, across, diagonal. This to check that the head hasn't warped. If it seems ok fit a new head gasket.AnswerThe above is good advice, your head is only likely to have warped if it overheated badly when the gasket blew... my 306 has now done 10,000 miles on its new head gasket and I didnt skim the head since it seemed ok... For the sake of an extra £40 id get it skimmed anyway!Our cambelt tensioner went last June so everything was replaced inc the head gasket...we didnt skim the head as it hadnt over heated but now 1 year on the head gasket has gone, this time ill be getting it skimmed. Its £40 and i wish id done it last time round as we`ve since been told that the head should be skimmed every time its taken off.Ours is a 1996 p reg 306 1.4....its done 20,000 since the head gasket was done but still shouldn't have gone yet!We are now looking at £70 for parts (inc spark plugs, head bolds, air filter etc) £40 for the head skimming and what we are paying to a mechanic to fix it....luckily its a friend doing it so this isn't much but it could have all been avoided by spending £40 last time!!Ann
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