taxnatural
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I heard it will take 4 hours at a shop. I would do it myself but I dont have a torque wrench.
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Anyone able to install a head gasket on a gsxr 600 07
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invictus43
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Do you know why the original needs to be replaced? It's possible you'll need machining work done. Be sure to check the surfaces for flatness. A torque wrench is $150 or so. Might be worth it just to buy one.
taxnatural
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Its tearing oil, it was small and still is but I'm getting oil drips on my right shoe
taxnatural
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Is it hard work? I do most of my own work.
Head gasket ... or valve cover gasket???
Normal symptoms of valve cover gasket leakage: Oil leaks.
Normal symptoms of head gasket leakage: Overheating, loss of coolant, blowing coolant into the overflow tank and then overflowing the overflow tank and not sucking it back in when the engine cools off, engine temperature goes up and up and up as long as the engine is running and it won't recover except by turning the engine off. Oil leaks are NOT ordinarily a symptom of a leaking head gasket. (It's conceivable with some engine designs - but only in conjunction with all of the overheating and loss of coolant symptoms.)
Replacing the valve cover gasket is a whole lot easier ... For the head gasket, normally the engine has to come out of the bike.
torque wrench from Canadian Tire $40.
+ 1 - I have seen oil leaks from a head gasket but only air cooled engines.
How many miles are on the bike? Are you sure it's head gasket? I would suspect valve cover or clutch cover prior to the head gasket. The reason I ask about mileage is because I've seen worn rings cause oil leaks at WOT high RPM from gaskets that shouldn't be leaking.
taxnatural
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The bike is at about 15000kms...I think you might be right about the valve.what do I do for that?
Pull the fairings, prop up the tank, pull the airbox. Plug or tape over the throttle body openings and clean the engine by spraying it with brake clean. Once dry, remove the tape or whatever covering the throttle bodies, run the engine and identify where the leak is coming from. It's almost always best to start from the top and work your way down when fixing leaks. Fluids run down when leaking so if the valve cover is leaking the oil can be running to other areas making it look like additional leaks. Fix the valve cover, clean and look for more leaks.
If it's the valve cover, you're lucky because all the work you just did to identify removing stuff to identity the leak made it a really easy job.
Head gasket is around 4-8 hours total time to complete (remove tank and fairings, remove valve cover, remove cams, remove head, replace head gasket, reinstall head, torque to spec, install cams, re-time cams (or cheat by marking the timing chain and do not change its position on the crank), reinstall valve cover, reinstall body. A leaky head gasket can result in burning oil and/or coolant in the combustion chamber, and loss of compression on 1 or more cylinders (measurable with a compression tester, and a leak down test by pressurizing the cylinder while all valves closed on the tested cylinder).
Valve cover leaks are clearly and easily seen, as there will be oil leaking onto the exterior of the engine, and these take less than 2 hours to replace usually.
Valve cover leaks are clearly and easily seen, as there will be oil leaking onto the exterior of the engine, and these take less than 2 hours to replace usually.
^ That's assuming the engine does not need to come out of the bike to do the head gasket. Throttle bodies and exhaust have to come off, too. On many bikes, there is not enough clearance around the engine with the engine installed in the bike, to allow the cylinder head to be removed with the engine in the bike. It's also a whole lot easier to properly clean the top surface of the deck with the engine sitting comfortably on the workbench.
Start with the valve cover gasket ... that's a fairly simple job.
Start with the valve cover gasket ... that's a fairly simple job.
taxnatural
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Thanks for all the input guys
taxnatural
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The oil seems to be coming from the right side near the top. close to the fan.
Yup what Brian said. My bet is valve cover as well. I have a 05 GSXR in right now thats dumping coolant into the oil and overheating. As soon as the owner makes a decision if I am fixing it the engine will be coming out.
taxnatural
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I have my owners manual and I am handy with this stuff...does anyone wanna go through the steps and tools I need to do the vavle cover. I have everything but a torque wrench.
ATTS
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lift the gas tank, take off the air box, move the radiator forward, undo the four bolts holding on the valve cover, slide the valve cover forward and down (which is why you need to move the rad forward). Remove the old gasket, put the new gasket and liquid gasket on then reverse the order to re-install
taxnatural
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