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Not yet Charles, I shall let you know in good time Sir..

Let me get her together first and an MOT on it...

OK.. got the engine out today... and got a bit more done..

Id thought Id tackle the head first.. and stripped down and got the head off...

Firstly a quick view of the rockers and cam



Impressivly clean I though really...

Heres the state of the gasket.







Gasket had split in two places on the edges. The head was not stuck to it like some I have removed in the past on the 1.9 engines. It lifted straight off.. Looking at that Im VERY pleased to be changing the gasket, and putting a MLS one on too...





A bit of elbow grease to clean the faces up nicely! (Above / Below)



My supervisor was also with me watching over carefully make sure I did it right..







So, gasket back in place, head cleaned up, head on, set of new bolts, tightend up and cam belt refitted.

Got the gearbox off last minute to see what the clutch was like. Yes pressure plate showing signs of over heating and heat marks on it, and the friction plate a bit smooth. Anyway. Clutch fit tomorrow - should it be dry - and then clean the subframe up and the PAS pipes..

The nylon bush's on the release arm were rather urrmm. STIFF to say the least! So a bit of a clean up on them too before all assembly.

Excellent work Paul! The engine looks in lovely order and like new

I see the Xantia is still dead. What are you currently driving?

Yup it is... Ive been useing Sarahs little clio petrol...

The XUD is rather clean inside, I was rather impressed. and simmilarly impressed that the 2.1 doesn't hold hoards of oil like the 1.9 head..

citroenxm wrote: I was rather impressed.

So was I Paul

What's the hold up on the Xantia?

Thats what Id like to know!

Clutch not arrived yet!!

citroenxm wrote:Thats what Id like to know!

Clutch not arrived yet!!

That's shocking Paul, just seen your post over on the other forum...

I was checking out head bolts and gasket, cheap on ebay, for when I get around to repairing the head gasket on that 2.1td engine of mine. I was surprised to find two different part numbers for head bolts - for example payen hbs125 and hbs115 (or elring 758.240 & 758.260) - difference being 150mm vs 145mm in length. I'm surprised there is a difference but wonder how significant it is - enough to justify different part number I guess. Break point is quoted as up to my 1992. Steve

Nice work. Would love the space and tools to get my head into a cheap project car like you get into yours!

Great work. Lovely to see such a clean looking engine. May I have the lab as a technical consultant?