New Xs owner / head gasket gone

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Hello ! 
I’ve just bought this car xs1.4 my 2nd Xs and 5th 205 
I’ve had a right mare getting it home  badly blown head gasket many water stops then finally gave in and trailered the last 20 mile, hoping the engine is ok ( it’s just the head gasket ) you could not wright the hole journey really! 3 questions

 

1 dose any one no history of the car previous owners on here would be nice to find out anything really

 

2 it’s not clear to me what head gasket kit to get , thickness of gasket and brand and just finding one ,there is a £36 full head set on eBay but not sure what to think 

 

3 I’m going to do the head gasket myself and it’s my first one so is there any pointers/tips 

Hoping after this up have a nice /good little car to keep for a long time !!! 
Located Holsworthy Devon 

Help much appreciated 
Thanks 
Olly 

[dale205mills 39 7 Cars]

Nice to see you on here olly,

 

maybe a thread so we can all follow what you do with the xs

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

I have a load of new parts to sort a TU ally head gasket as well as other bits like cam belt etc. Have a look at my for sale thread and if interested, I’m sure we could sort a deal out. Might save you a few quid and get of my bits gathering dust.

 

https://www.205gtidrivers.com/forums/topic/173507-new-tu-parts-306-parts/?tab=comments#comment-1526434

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so i have pulled the head off it has had a new gasket not long ago by the looks, but it looks like its gone on no3 from the left not sure if it was skimmed though so hopping a decent new gasket and skim will solve the problem and get it back on the road , more pics to come and any advice is welcome  

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