non american car help

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon May 30, 05 11:19 pm

i think the gasket is going in my toyota

and was wondering if anyone on here could help please pm if possible thanks

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Tue May 31, 05 12:14 am

Heh, Kate's got a (slightly) later Corrola. You can get gasket & headbolt kits for the Toymotas reasonably cheaply (there's a mail order place that does them cheaper than dealer price, can't remember where off the top of my head though). Only thing to watch for is weather the head needs a skim, and if it's been done before or not - if it does and it has been you might have to go find one from the junkyard (Kate's car is about 30% junkyard content now

) as I don't think they have enough 'meat' on them to allow for lots of machining.

Hope that helps!

Oh yeah, changing the gasket itsself isn't an ordeal, Haynes manual instructions should be enough to do it from.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 31, 05 11:21 am

ok thanks mate thats a real help ill try the manuel and do it that way ive posted some pics of the old beast i love this car its my first car i ever owned and have had it about 2 1/2 years

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Tue May 31, 05 2:22 pm

Its worth working out how to do this yourself (with help if needed

), since the procedure is pretty much the same on all OHC 4 pots it'll come in handy in the future!