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...work, what all should I replace? I've got a friend with a 94 Pontiac Sunbird. it has what I believe to be "typical" head warping on it, but other than that it is a very celan car, good paint, good tires, clean interior...and when it was running the A/C was working...all pluses.
I'm a mechanic by trade, but don't work on newer cars that often, and I've never had to work on cars with issues like this.
I know I can go on eBay and buy a redone head for 200 bucks, but is that going to be any better than taking it to my local head shop and having them just resurface the original head? I imagine it would be cheaper and who's to say the one on eBay won't crap out on me just the same..
What do I need... pretty much the head and a new head gasket? anything else in the way I should have a go at?
to keep it running? I'd love to hear why.
yeah there is a company on evilbay that has reman heads for 200 dollars with new springs/guides/etc and have been resurfaced and pressure tested... I'm thinking that would be the best route, but just not sure.
Thanks Aero.
The Chilton manual is with the car and I do have a good torque wrench. I suppose maybe I'll see what it's like when i take the head off and see what the head shop says about it.
I'll see what the timing belt looks like too, I imagine a new timing belt would cost a hell of a lot less than a grendaded engine if it decided to break on me after putting all this work into the engine..
Thanks for that answer.
I'm a mechanic by trade, but don't work on newer cars that often, and I've never had to work on cars with issues like this.
I know I can go on eBay and buy a redone head for 200 bucks, but is that going to be any better than taking it to my local head shop and having them just resurface the original head? I imagine it would be cheaper and who's to say the one on eBay won't crap out on me just the same..
What do I need... pretty much the head and a new head gasket? anything else in the way I should have a go at?
to keep it running? I'd love to hear why.
yeah there is a company on evilbay that has reman heads for 200 dollars with new springs/guides/etc and have been resurfaced and pressure tested... I'm thinking that would be the best route, but just not sure.
Thanks Aero.
The Chilton manual is with the car and I do have a good torque wrench. I suppose maybe I'll see what it's like when i take the head off and see what the head shop says about it.
I'll see what the timing belt looks like too, I imagine a new timing belt would cost a hell of a lot less than a grendaded engine if it decided to break on me after putting all this work into the engine..
Thanks for that answer.