What do you look for in a head to see if there are any damages? Are there any physical way to mechanical test a head that's out of the vehicle?

 

You talking internally or on a block?
what motor/head?

 

b16 head/internal

 

Take it to a machine shop for a hot tank, and magnafluxing.

 

^^ do like he said thats your best bet.

Usually the only thing you can do without a hot tank is just check for metal shavings and any wear on the valves/springs. Cams and stuff like that.

 

hot tank is just to clean everything off correct? What is magnafluxing? And how much would it cost to get it done?

 

Go here.


http://www.circletrack.com/techartic...ech/index.html

 

Sounds like alot of money to do a tear down on a head...

 

yeah. Like i said the way you can do it yourself is by checking for metal shavings cracks/leaks, and wear on the valves/springs. Check the bottom of the head to make sure its all level and no warping is going on.

 

magnafluxing imo is not worth it if it is a stock head and its on the car running better off replacing your valvetrain then spending the money on stock head

 

I only wanted to know cause i pulled out my engine to rebuild my bottom end and on the bottom of the head where i believe the valves, there was some build up on them. I believe the build up was on the exhaust side.

 

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take a picture and is this a completely stock motor

 

interesting about magnaflux