i have posted on HT about my head problems on the site. well when i bought the car i bought it from my friend who told me that the head was brand new and perfect working condition less than a week later im burnning oil like crazy this has been goin on for about a month and i finally got tired of filling the oil and took it to the honda guys at the local dealership. they told me the valve stems seals are bad and now im screwed with a bill to fix my car.

A-should i make him pay for it
B-should i pay for half
C-should i pay for the whole thing

 

C

Your car, your problem. Unless he offers you some type of warranty that's what you get in p2p sales rather than b2p.

 

Honda may be wrong tho. Sometimes, putting a fresh head on an old bottom end will actually do more harm. Re sealing the top end like that, especially with a built head, may have cause the bottom end to fail.

When does it burn oil?
all the time, initial start up, under load, engine braking, etc?

 

make him pay they did a swap and should have replaced the seals when they did it because its common sense to put new seals on a used head cause you dont know the history

 

Wha'ts the big deal about valve seals anyway? Replace them yourself and be happy.

 

what type of head on what type of block?