can cynlider head be taken off without taking the engine out off the car

ohnny,

can't say for certain about the 2.1 but certainly the 2.5 head comes off wi the engine in the car. There's a couple of bolts which very useful to know about which takes the time to remove the first time (about 4 hours) to 1 hour thereafter.

Why are you taking the head off? There seems to be a spate of gaskets going on the TD's inthe last couple of weeks.

cheers

noz

engine wont start tried everything done compression test no1 cyl 170 and no2 and no3 no.4 cyl 220psi have been informed they should be around 450psi

There are three obvious posibilites for these symptoms which spring to mind:

Head gasket completely shot
Rings completely shot
Timing belt has skipped some teeth


Of the three int terms of statistical probabbility, the timing belt gets my vote. This doesn't rule out the others of course but it would give those symptoms and in relative terms is the easiest to check.

Where in the country are you?

Let me know how you get on.

Cheers

noz

thank you for reply i am in merseyside sorry for not replying sooner,but i work away a lot regards johnny