head gasket gone?

[teamster1975]

Usually it's a case of removing the sparkplugs so you can turn the engine and lining up the timing marks. You can then insert a locking pin/drill bit/whatever into each pulley so you don't lose the timing.
Hey, excellent signature FarmerP!

[FarmerPug]

does v shape engines blow the head gasket often and do they have 2?

[teamster1975]

does v shape engines blow the head gasket often and do they have 2?

I've never had one to be honest, there should be two HG's as there are two heads!

[FarmerPug]

i know scanias have a seperate head gasket for each piston makes them easier to fix.

[Doggy]

Not normally more problematic than in-line engines - something else has to cause it in either case. Separate cylinder banks always have separate head gaskets, though some Paxmans I worked on in a previous life, had separate heads, (& hence gaskets), for each of the 12 cylinders.