newbie in the wirral

[jackandfamily]

hi im jack i have just bought a 2.2 petrol sports frontera
it is bright sparkly pink ??
i am not mechanicly minded
and after buying found that the head gasket had blown
was wondering if not to forward ?
can any one please help me fix my frontera please

[fronteramac]

hello jack matey welcome aboard ,,iam sure some one will be along soon with help and advice

[fronteramac]

just noticed ,,its pink so you must of got it off ebay cos i saw 2 forsale the other week

[jackandfamily]

yes thanks mate yes ebay at its best was told it had engine management light on lol
once it arrived i got diagnotic machine on it nothing
opened the bonnet to check things and oil is a goope of muck no water in header
not best please but only cost 255 so it was cheap
just have no idea how to fix it
and wife thinks i bought a lemmon
i can see protential with it just very limited funds as not working after a major heart atack

[Big Dav]

Hi & welcome - hope the truck is an easy (and cheap) fix!

[gregster]

Wotcha and welcome mate...

[carlisletiger]

dont worry about the head gasket they really arent that bad to do - they cant be cos i did mine and 12 months later its still going fine !
you will need : a good tool selection ,i got the halfords advanced set for £120 and it had pretty much everything i needed bar a torque wrench .
head gasket set inc head bolts
oil and filter
coolant (red)
water pump
timing belt kit
decent engineer to skim the head .

obviously there may be other peripherals you need depending on the state of things as you remove them .
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=50758
heres the link to the thread when i did mine . i think mine cost less than £400 including the tool set and the head skim.
where abouts in the wirral are you ?

[carlisletiger]

one other thing - your post says you have a 2.2 petrol but your profile says a 2.2 diesel ??
is it on a 1997 P Reg as that would make it a facelift A series rather than an RS sport

[jackandfamily]

my mechanical skills are stil in there infancy i have some tools but not many mainly bike spanners lol
im in wallasey wirral
im trying to figure out "avatars"?? then i can get a pic put up its defo 2.2 petrol lol
thanks all jack

[jimmybhoy]

Welcome to the forum, where you will get all the mechanical information & knowledge & help you will need....... I think if your going to take off a head, id be starting with the guy that sold it

[carlisletiger]

i had barely opened a bonnet before i did my HG , some very knowledgable people on here and can guide you through it . as somebody said on one of my threads - there is no such thing as a stupid question , just expensive mistakes !
by the way is it sprayed pink or just wrapped ? i seem to remember seeing a pink wrapped one on the bay a while age

[justdan]

Hey welcome , read all the hg posts pal , there is so much knowledge on here

[4x4 bobby]

Hi mate and welcome to the forum!!!

[Drift]

Hi and welcome to FOG, the drinking forum with a Frontera problem

Any engine questions for your dti please post them here viewforum.php?f=18