M40 Head Gasket Failure (Cause?)

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Post Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:53 am

I know on 6 cyl cars its usualy failure in the water jacket..

But what about the m40 ?

Can a quick skim and new gasket sort it out ?

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Post Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:44 pm

If you put an aluminium head on an iron block then there will be movement every time the engine heats up and cools down, and the head gasket will eventually fail, so you could be lucky.