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Its me again. I think Ive blown a headgasket on my Silvertop RB20DE. I was wonder, When I did my water pump, it was identical to the RB30E water pump. My question is, is the RB30 head gasket the same as the RB20 head gasket?

There is a $130 dfference, and I'm quite poor. Is it hard to get the head off? Should I watch for anything?

Thanks

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well actually i believe u can shodan (but...im probably wrong again :blush: )

its just that u rarely do cause they are a smaller combustion chamber and buggery small ports :(

about the gasket itself - im not sure - but i do no that a rb26 gasket is the same as a rb30 - but probably not as reliable :(

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from the r33 rb30 thread, I am sure that you still have to weld up oil galleries and so on. I'll go and have a check. It can be done, but its alot of work - and since the bore is so much smaller (as you say), I find it doubtful the gasket would fit properley.

Get the real rb20 gasket. cheaper than having to buy it anyway when the rb30 gasket blows out, and you have to pull the head off.... again.... for the same problem.

Oh - and about SHODAN:

part the first

part the second

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Its me again. I think Ive blown a headgasket on my Silvertop RB20DE. I was wonder, When I did my water pump, it was identical to the RB30E water pump. My question is, is the RB30 head gasket the same as the RB20 head gasket?

There is a $130 dfference, and I'm quite poor. Is it hard to get the head off? Should I watch for anything?

Thanks

You must use an rb20 gasket nothing else will fit.

Have you checked the price of an rb20 head gasket from Nissan

I priced a genuine gtr rb26 gasket and it was only $77

If the genuine rb20 gaskets are more than that I'll sell you one for $70.

Pm me if you are interested.

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You must use an rb20 gasket nothing else will fit.

Have you checked the price of an rb20 head gasket from Nissan

I priced a genuine gtr rb26 gasket and it was only $77

If the genuine rb20 gaskets are more than that I'll sell you one for $70.

Pm me if you are interested.

I'll keep that in mind, and I'll give them a cal l tomorrow. I'll let you know. Thanks!

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Ok, I rang Nissan. and they wanted 116.25 >.<

Ive got 14 bolts on either side of the head, there are three left in the middle, and they appear to be a little larger then 10MM. Do these bolts need to come out in order to get the head off? Or are they just for something else inside the head.

Its really stiff to get the head off, so I'm not sure if I need them out. Any help would be great as soon as possible as I'm trying to get the head off today!

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Ok, I rang Nissan. and they wanted 116.25 >.<

Ive got 14 bolts on either side of the head, there are three left in the middle, and they appear to be a little larger then 10MM. Do these bolts need to come out in order to get the head off? Or are they just for something else inside the head.

Its really stiff to get the head off, so I'm not sure if I need them out. Any help would be great as soon as possible as I'm trying to get the head off today!

There will be two or three smaller (8mm from memory) bolts outside the head that also need to be undone. One is at the front near the water inlet, the others are at the back. This is based on an RB25 and RB30 so RB20 my be slightly different.

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