head gasket for e

[scruffy63]

Hey I have 89 ka24e with a blown headgasket I have a fsm(not sure which one but it isn't very desriptive of what to do.i've been reading about ka24de headgaskets but I have an E. can someone give me a detailed description of what to do or show me a thread I may have missed?so far I only have the valve cover off, and the exhaust manifold unbolted.

[JNM240]

i replied to your post in the KA forum. Check it there.

[s13sr20chris]

pull the manifoldsset tdc on intake stroke (by lining up the cams)mark distributor and pull itpull t-coverpull chainpull rocker shaftsclean head boltsremove head bolts and headsome other stuff like draining fluids and removing water pump

[JNM240]

You dont have to remove the timing cover to take the SOHC head off. And i didnt even get it to TDC when i did mine. As long as nothing moves, it all goes back the way it came off.

[s13sr20chris]

thats right i forgot the ka motors will do that. come to think of it you can do that with a ka24de too! i was thinking of the ga style. thanks for correcting me. whew, that means you dont have to pull the oil pan either!