No head gasket & it runs

mikehailwood · Post by **mikehailwood** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:03 pm

Well, I found my spark problem and solved carb issues. The Spree runs pretty well 0-20 mph where it stops running well. Compression was high so I removed the head for carbon inspection after which I went to retrieve and inspect the head gasket. There was none! I will order one tomorrow. Anybody ever run a Spree without a head gasket? What symptoms might your expect?

vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:23 pm

u would expect power loss from leaking.

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:43 pm

vette76 wrote:u would expect power loss from leaking.

and it'll leak bad i imagine. my gasket spewed when the head wasnt on tight enough, so with now gasket it will probably spew a whole lot more.

Post by **noiseguy** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:41 pm

Well, there's your "high compression" problem. The head gasket is .020" tall (by memory.) Removing it increases compression by about 10-15 PSI. You can deck the same amount of material off the head to get the compression increase, which is what I did to mine.

The head will probably leak some with no head gasket, although it sounds like yours had good compression cold.