Skoda Fabia 1.4 MPI Cylinder Head Gasket

Skoda Fabia Cylinder Head - Engine bay, originally uploaded by Magnera.

If you are planning on changing the head gasket on your Skoda Fabia 1.4 MPI (push rod engine) here are some pictures that might help you.

I've never worked on an engine before so I used the Haynes DIY handbook for guidance. I did most of the work myself, but the surface grinding was done by a local shop. With parts and the grinding the total cost was 1/10 of what the Skoda repair shop wanted.

Since I've never done anything like this before I used around six hours to take everything apart. Including jacking up the car, draining the coolant and reading every section in the Haynes book to many times.
The reassemble part took me three hours. If I needed to do it all again, I would probable need less then 5 hours for the entire process. And its all easy work on this engine, just a lot of bolts and nuts.

(clicking on the picture will take you to my flickr stream, where you can browse through the pictures)