Thanks David
ahhhh, so thats what they use in them now. I'm starting to get the impression a little bit that you guys would just like me to say "oh your right, my head gaskets are blown and I haven't noticed because I'm as thick as I am inquisitive"
(thats a joke)
Look seriously tho I'm starting to get to a point where I'm going to take one of my fully functioning copper head gasket equiped motors to GR just so that he can see it, dyno it and prove that I'm not full of $h!t cos no one seems to believe me when I say that, ok you guys have had problems but mine are working fine. I'm not saying that you guys didn't have problems but I'm starting to ask
1. Why are mine still working
2. If they are so bad why haven't they been pulled by consumer affairs or fair trading, if a product fails to perform as described in this country it is deemed to be not of merchantable quality and the company selling them cops a fine and is forced to stop selling them. This isn't the UK, the authorities over here have... well .. authority.
I really do thank you David and everyone else for your input and for sharing the problems you faced, but I have 3 cars at the moment sitting down there in the shed equiped with copper head gaskets. 1 has done 15,000km, 1 has done 8,000 km and one admittedly only has about 900km so that one is still a maybe apparently questionable so I'll see how it goes.
But really I BELIEVE YOU, you guys have had motors with copper gaskets that have blown for seemingly no good reason. I am glad that I got the chance to hear about the problems you guys have had because that way when or if I do have a problem it narrows th check list and investigation.
I'm glad that you have all taken time to post your findings, I appreciate that you guys care so much and are passionate enough and good enough people to keep pushing a point to stop a fellow enthusist from running into trouble. It speaks volumes about the moral fibre of this chat room and the mini community. I'm flattered that some of the most respected people in this game have taken time to try to "re educate" me. I have already said that I'm going to try a BK450 on the next motor I do which should be in about a month. BUT IT DOESN"T CHANGE THE FACT THAT I HAVE 3 MOTORS WITH COPPER HEAD GASKETS BUILT IN THE LAST 12-14 MONTHS THAT HAVE NOT BLOWN HEAD GASKETS.
Guys I don't want to look agro or anything here but what part of the above isn't making sense? I'm not going to tell anyone else to use them cos apparently I'm not fit to as It seems I wouldn't even know If I'd blown a head gasket, I should encorage others not to have a go, not to ask questions and not to question answers. Cos that's exactly how society moves forward, by carrying on like Idol worshipping morons that take everything on face value, and just except it when someone tells them that the sky is purple and that their eyes are lying to them.
I might not be a well known engineer, I may not have rubbed sholders with david vizard, I may not even be known by you guys [b]BUT I THINK I WOULD KNOW IF MY ENGINE WAS PISSING OUT OIL AND WATER AND OVERHEATING!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't mean to snap cos you guys don't deserve that but what the hell is so hard to understand about that?