[Healeys] Head Gasket Woes

Michael Oritt michael.oritt at gmail.com
Tue Feb 22 13:32:28 MST 2022


Steven--

Unfortunately not uncommon and now is a good time to pull the head and get
it to a machine shop to make it flat.  Be sure there is no metal erosion on
the bridge between 3 and 4.  Consider replacing with a steel head gasket
and uprated studs.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 2:12 PM Steven Kingsbury via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Driving home from a two hundred mile jaunt, my car had some problems going
> uphill. Made some weird noises and so I pulled off the road and being 14
> miles from home, called a tow truck. Did a compression check when I got
> home, cylinders 1 and 2, 150 lbs! Cylinders 3 and 4, 0 lbs!
> Pulled the head and found this. Not a good sight.
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1
>
>
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