Changing the headgasket...

[Ghettorex]

I'm in a desperate situation to get my car running asap. What I planned on doing was changing everything out at once but I ran short on money. So heres what I was wondering, once we drop the engine in the car how hard will it be to change the headgasket? Will we have to pull the entire engine back out again or will we be able to just remove the head and then change it? Thanks

Jason

[moomoomoo]

i just changed the head gasket on my car today with the help of my uncleyou'll be able to remove the head after you remove the exhaust and intake manifoldhope that helps

[boost_boy]

You can leave the engine in the car when changing the head. I've changed pistons, rods and oil squirters with block still attached to all 4 of it's mounts on my sentra. I even pull the head complete with intake manifold as well as turbocharger and turbo manifold.

[NeedCAforS13]

I pulled the head and manifolds off mine... didn't take that long:)

Sean