head gasket
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gaszman
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ive got an anoying oil leak ferom the front left of the head where the oli way is . going to replace the head gasket to sop this hope fully . i used a paynes head gasket last time no good any ideas how to stop this . is it a genuine one only

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magpie
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get a victor reinze one from ecp mate.

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gaszman
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ok mick cheers

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Brianmoooore
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Oil way is front right of the gasket, but I suppose you're looking at it from the front. (In which case it would be back left!)
Decent gasket, flat head and block faces, and careful assembly is the way to cure it.
Decent gasket, flat head and block faces, and careful assembly is the way to cure it.
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adit
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they list a couple Dave, but not sure which is the VR one, the dearer one i assume, but it says FAI Autoparts:magpie wrote:get a victor reinze one from ecp mate.
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/BMW_3 ... 8bc&000173
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/BMW_3 ... f91&000173

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Get a f* grip,we are talking about 20+yr.old sub £10k cars here,NOT the crown jewels!
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Simon13
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Elrings the one and OEM they its a very common oil leak spot that nearly all M20's suffer from
