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johnpirate:
Just finished fitting my lift kit.As I opened the bonnet to do the turrets.The right hand side of the engine is covered in oil.I know she puffs a bit but its always been like that.I washed the engine off .Went for a run Opened up oil was being sprayed from round the manifold.Looks like headgasket to me .Has anyone else had a head gasket on a disco do this to them?.Rang round for a gasket there are three!!.Do you want the chassis number I asked.No it doesnt tell us.What the ****!!.How can that be?. The chassis no should be the key to any part on the engine.

chris9119:
The head gaskets come in three different thickness's, depending upon how many times you've had the head skimmed......

When you take the head off, you will see a number of notches/marks on the gasket...., if you skim the head, you'll need the next thickness up.

When you say its coming from around the head gasket, what side....., if its the near-side, it could be the turbo oil feed pipe thats sprung a leak, spraying upwards or it could simply be the rocker gasket that's leaking...., check everything else before doing the head.......

Xtremeteam:
id be trying the inlet/exhaust manifold gasket first as they are comon for doing that

johnpirate:
Thanks will do I will go and get an exhaust inlet gasket and a rocker gasket first thing.I was going for head as I,ve had my suspisions about it for a while. You are clogging it down the motorway and the temp gasket goes above the centre not into the red but close.if I keep it around 70 it stays ok but drifts up and down between centre and three quarters.

J13 MUD:
Just a point on the head gasket question, the thickness of the gasket has nothing to do with the head being skimmed. The thickness is dependant on how much the piston protrudes above the top of the block on TDC. the safe bet is to replace it with one with the same number of holes, the holes can be seen without removing the head, just behind the fuel pump.

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