newbie in the wirral

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

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

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

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

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

Wotcha and welcome mate...

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 ?

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

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

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 :twisted:

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

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

Hi mate and welcome to the forum!!! :wave:

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 :thumbup: