M42 head gasket

[bumpygt]

I need to do a head gasket on my m42, Can anybody recomend me a full gasket set at a good price. Links would be great as Im finding a wide range of things from ECP with no pic's to individual items.
Thanks

[Scruffymurphy]

All you need is the head gasket, the bolts and the front rubber profile gaskets.
Elring gaskets are good quality. Any decent motor factors should be able to get them. Not sure if you can get the profile gasket outside BMW. You'd be best getting all the gaskets from BMW though, less chance of oil leaks later.

[Andyboy]

If it's overheating and pushing water out, look for cracks in the head from nos 2 and 3 cylinder exhaust valves to the waterways.

[bumpygt]

I've acquired the car off a friend. He mentiond it wasn't overheating, just when he took it to get the water pump changed The guy said the gadget is leaking up the front of the block.
I've been told that's the weak spot.
I'll gather the part numbers and price it up on here.
Thanks.

[Grrrmachine]

The common leak at the front isn't the head gasket, it's the profile gasket:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ile_Gasket

[Scruffymurphy]

As above it's the profile gasket, but it's still a head off job to fix it.

[bumpygt]

So much work for something small to fail.