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Thanks for your replies.
I took a chance on the joint coming off and it did.
I held the shaft still with a pair of stilsons pushing towards the inner joint,with my foot on them. Then I pointed the cv spline end in the full down position and hit it a few times with a soft hammer on the bearing joint housing and to my surprise it came off the shaft complete with the ring that holds it on the shaft. I renewed the boot pushed the joint back on up to the split ring which I closed the ends of with a small knife and tapped the joint fully back on the shaft. It appears to be on properly. I will see what happens on the test drive.
The idea how to remove the joint was form eric the car guy on Youtube. The only difference was he removed the complete shaft and removed the joint with it held in a vice.

Hi all,
Will the front outer cv joint knock off the axle? I want to replace the boot without removing the whole axle if possible.

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Hi again,
I eventually got to the bottom of this.
The Idle Speed control Valve (ISC) was stuck wide open. This meant that the engine was getting a maximum amount of air entering the engine and therefore the ecu was incresing the amount of fuel causing the idle to be high. Cleaned the valve, which then closed to its proper position and the idle now settles down to around 750rpm once warm. I think this fault may have contrbuted to the amount of water coming out of the exhaust which has now also decreased.

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Hi all,

I'm new here and have recently purchased a 97 st202 2.0 3gse which I've just changed the head gasket on. I,m not sure it needed one but there were some indications there may have been the start of a leak. I was getting a lot of water (clear)from the exhaust and it was blowing what looked like white smoke,but could be the water condensating? There where also tiny bubles in the radiator, like a sea foam.
On startup after finishing the repair it all seemed fine idling around 750-800 rpm but as it warmed up the revs increased. By the time it was up to tempreture on the gauge it was idling around 1500- 1800 revs. The fan kicks in as it should and other then the high idle the engine sounds o.k. I've had a good look around and there are no obvious signs of vacuum leaks or wires off. I did also clean the throttle body when putting it back together. Any idea on what may could be causing the high revs would be appreciated.

Thanks