Head gasket

[Gizmo36]

I put a head gasket on my 1700 today when i got done water was coming out the side of the block .How do you tell what side is up. it said in the book to put ( side with stripes should be visible ) but there was no stripes. I call the parts place were i got it and they were not sure .

 

[normde2001]

I never put one on a Yanmar, but on all others, if all holes, etc., lined up, it always worked, with proper torque.

 

[Gizmo36]

It is leaking at the gasket seam.

 

[1danny]

If you have the correct gasket for the YM1700 it will only line up one way. Take the head to a machine shop and let them check to see if it is warped, if it is they may put it on a surface grinder and get the warp out. The head bolts on the YM1700 should be torqued to 130 ft lbs + or - 3.6 ft lbs.

Danny

P.S. is this one of the after market gaskets

 

[normde2001]

Your head gasket has a seam?

 

[Gizmo36]

But both sides were not made the same.And i did not know which side went up. and it would go either way.I got it from a dealer on here.But i did not want to say that.

 

[Gizmo36]

I need to get a new one .but I want to know which side is up before I put it on.

 

[HGM]

I would PM the dealer to make sure... He may be using a different head gasket than some other guys atr familliar with..

 

[Gizmo36]

I email the Dealer to see what he had to say.but i called down there yesterday and the one i talk to was not sure. That is why i came on here .

 

[Mickey_Fx]

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There in lies the problem, hole alignment. Small engines are not too bad but as more cyl get added the harder it is to catch a misaligned or missing hole.

Son bought an old Land Cruiser last yr with about 50 mile on the engine but the valve train was bone dry. These old engines were copies of old Chevy 6's. Lots of holes, all but one small hole were sym. The one hole/passage was the oil hole to the valves. Also seem to remember the oil passage took a jog in the head gasket. Oil passage was not same location in block and head.

really gotta look closely.