Hello all,

I have been looking for information on this all day:

So my step son (newer driver) neglected to check his car's fluids (as I instructed him to). This ended up in the water pump seizing thus exploding both timing belts. I followed the excellent write-up in the forums about timing belt replacement and thought I had it all good to go...until I started it up, haha. It idled great until it heated up then would die at an idle. I figured I did something wrong in the timing belt change and re-went through everything and still had the same outcome.

So, I took it into the shop and they found that the exhaust valve was bent on #1 and stated that is common with something like what had happened regarding the water pump fiasco. So now I will be bringing it home and I am finding several different options...

So, my questions:

- Should I just take the head off, stip it down and take it to the machine shop to be resurfaced and rebuild it myself? If so, where might I find a rebuild kit? What should I look to replace parts-wise? I haven't really run into anything online yet. Any suggestions?

- Should I just buy a nice rebuilt head and just throw it on, then adjust the valves/timing?

- What other items should I change while I have the head off? I know one is the thermostat.

- Should I buy a head gasket kit? Or just the head gasket itself?

Sorry for all the questions, but the last valve/head job I did was on a 289 and a 302 years ago, haha.

Any help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!

B

 

With Hondas it may actually be cheaper to locate an importer who may sell just the head, or a machine shop may have a rebuilt head in stock. Locally I can pick up a ~40Kmile long block for ~$600. It depends on how much work/money/down time you want to spend on this car.
I would.
Go to the FAQ and look up the EGR cleaning. Since the intake has to come off you can thoroughtly clean the ports that lead into/out of the head.
If the kit includes cam/valve cover, thermostat, water port, intake, exhaust and other miscellaneous gaskets/Orings that you will need then yes.

Have a couple Windsors myself. These F22 engines are completely different beasts.

 

Going price for a stock rebuild from a machine shop around here in md is $350.00, **** i just dropped off my b16 head for a stock rebuild with one bent valve in it yesterday,call them up in ur area probably better off letting the machine shop do it and just re install it yourself.

 

Thanks for the replies! I ended up finding a good one on eBay for $200. So I got all the extra stuff and will hopefully be throwing it in as soon as it gets here. Silver lining to this is that with each job I get to sneak in a new tool. Hello pneumatic die grinder! Haha!

Thanks again!