Took my head to the local engine builders today to get a cleanup skim as im rebuilding my engine and the head is all that needs doing....

And what happend we think there is a crack between the inlet and exhaust valves in cylinder 3 ......so ive had to pay £27 upfront for a pressure test to see if it is fucked and don't get the result untill tomorrow..

I am so pis**ed off ....and the worse bit is the head has never had a skim here me thinking theres loads of life left in it..

So how much im i looking at for a new head ......

 

your garage made you pay £27 upront..what a piss take..ive never paid up front for a garage service(expensive parts mabey)and i never would t.b.h

 

It's because they have had to many people getting pressure test's done and when they have rang up to tell them the head is no good people have just not turned up to pay and left them with a knackerd head....

 

They might be able to repair it.

Steve.

 

i asked if it failed the pressure test could they repair it and they said no....

 

Well i just been on the phone and the head is fucked......cracked right through....

So new head needed...............

 

do you require a 2 or 4wd new head

 

hey - bettert to have to pay that upfront and know if fooked BEFORE fittin git unlike my old engine man,

mine had a suspected HG failure, so i had him check itall out and skim it, i refitted it with a new 3 layer cometic which started leaking aswell - refitted a grp A one as it was so much worse than before (through i'd maybe not fitted it right)

and took it elsewhere for a checkover and it had a crack in it all along so for the sake of 27 quid as oppsied to the cost of 2 head rebuilds skims and gasket sets - think yourslf lucky

 

2wd head mate.....

 

be hard to find a new one of those or by new do u mean new to the car

I do have a brand spanking new one but not sure if i want to sell it tempt me lol

 

mmmmmmmm when you put it that way......the engine came apart because i thought the head gasket had gone......guess not

 

yip new to the car......

 

you have pm