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Hi all

I'm going to strip and overhaul (gaskets, seals etc) the engine soon, I just wondered if by chance anyone has already put together a shopping list for such a job? Might save me a lot of time gathering it all together

Thanks in advance.

Gaskets and seals don't exactly make an overhaul, what exactly do you want to do? I wouldn't trust anyone's list, not because I don't trust people but because you might end up with excess parts on one side and lacking parts on the other. Better customize your own list to what you want to do and to your particular engine version as that may call for different parts over the years as well.

Jeroen wrote:Gaskets and seals don't exactly make an overhaul, what exactly do you want to do? I wouldn't trust anyone's list, not because I don't trust people but because you might end up with excess parts on one side and lacking parts on the other. Better customize your own list to what you want to do and to your particular engine version as that may call for different parts over the years as well.

Hi Jeroen

Only just seen this, for some reason I'm not getting my email notifications any more.

Well it's just the basics that I'll definitely need to begin with, once we get in there I'll know if I need anything additional.

I've now spoken to a few parts places and it looks like I can get a set of gaskets and seals for the top and bottom, a good place to start I think.


Cheers

If there's nothing wrong with the engine I wouldn't bother touching it, just jet wash it off and you'll end up with something just as good.

If you have the engine out of the car I might take the sump off, take a look and clean it out if there is any sludge in the bottom of the sump

e21Keith wrote:If there's nothing wrong with the engine I wouldn't bother touching it, just jet wash it off and you'll end up with something just as good.

If you have the engine out of the car I might take the sump off, take a look and clean it out if there is any sludge in the bottom of the sump

Cheers Keith

Yeah I do have some issues I need to sort, could just be valve stem seals, or maybe the head gasket, so I just thought I'd give it all a going over... mostly for my own interest and learning really.

Stem seals are a likely failure if they haven't been done before and that would really need the head removing, so a top end gasket set and a sump gasket should see you right.

If the water pump hasn't been done before I'd think about doing that, the thermostat and the cam belt, maybe the seals on the front and rear of the crank. But taking it to bits just out of interest is probably not such a great idea.

e21Keith wrote:Stem seals are a likely failure if they haven't been done before and that would really need the head removing, so a top end gasket set and a sump gasket should see you right.

If the water pump hasn't been done before I'd think about doing that, the thermostat and the cam belt, maybe the seals on the front and rear of the crank. But taking it to bits just out of interest is probably not such a great idea.

Thanks Keith, I will check all those parts you mentioned. I'll only do anything that actually needs doing, I've found a supplier for the gaskets.... will go from there.