98exowner

I am thinking about fixing my head gasket very shortly. Is there any write ups on how to do it the right way? How long should it take someone that has some what good mechanic skills? Should I do anything with the head or just replace the gasket? How much should it be to have the head rebuilt or machined? Is it cheaper to buy a new head?

jimmy o.

heres my take on head gaskets
-take it apart and label things you take off (makes reassembly easy)
-take the head to machine shop valve job and new valve stem seals are a must and the head surface needs to be machined
-better to just rebuild yours so you know you got a good one
-then put it back together and torque everthing to specs
a haynes or chilton manual can be your freind here
also this would be a good time to change the timing belt and water pump IMO

obuhmyuh

itll probably take you a long day to do it. you need to have your head resurfaced at a machine shop, i just had them revalve it for a total of like 170 or something like that. and x2 what the other guy said.

NACvicSi

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jimmy o. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">heres my take on head gaskets
-take it apart and label things you take off (makes reassembly easy)
-take the head to machine shop valve job and new valve stem seals are a must and the head surface needs to be machined
-better to just rebuild yours so you know you got a good one
-then put it back together and torque everthing to specs
a haynes or chilton manual can be your freind here
also this would be a good time to change the timing belt and water pump IMO</TD></TR></TABLE>

All is good, except never ever trust a haynes or chilton. I have seen too many things that were incorrect on them. Helms of GTFO

D16SiHatch

or better than helms, AllData

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vvnrij1q5qe




Modified by D16SiHatch at 1:27 AM 10/7/2008

98exowner

is there any write ups that include the specs

D16SiHatch

the word file i created for you has everything you need to know to do the head gasket

98exowner

couldnt get that to open for me

obuhmyuh

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98exowner &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">couldnt get that to open for me</TD></TR></TABLE>
x2

D16SiHatch

hrmm. try this url

http://www.mediafire.com/?vvnrij1q5qe

98exowner

is it any different for the b16 which I have? dohc?