Just scored an f22a1 cylinder head from Junk Yard. Please don’t hate, I have a frugal budget to work with. Don’t have the sufficient $mula to tke in to the machine shop. Anyone one positive feedback as to what I can do or should not do to the head before I start to torque her down. Looking for a DIY or sticky as to checking for warpage or leaks maybe enven swap out the valve guides.
I paid $75 with a $15 core, got it off another 92 four door lx, had front bumper and grill collision damage, the rest of the car look clean, it must have belong to some ones grandmother who kept it in the garage. It had excellent interior, so I got a feeling this cb7 was babied. So I noticed the engine bay was clean and spotless, and the cylinder head look pretty cleaned, almost shinny, so I start taking it apart and noticed this head has been previously installed not long ago. Im thinking this is getting good, and feeling very lucky. Im feeling very confident on JK replacement head, so that’s where I am at. Feel free to get at me if you got any good ideas or JK head stories you wanna share. Thanks!

 

A machine shop will only charge about $100 to pressure test/test cracks. But, if it is in good shape like you said, then perhaps get a good machine rule and feeler gauge. Then test for trueness and go with it.

 

Right on, I got feeler gauges, but not a ruler. Gonna do the more research. Will post up at a later time.

 

My gasket came in on Friday, spent Sat & Sun cleaning the mating surfaces. I have a lot of corrosion to deal with, my thermostat housing bolts are frozen, the connecting crossover pipe broke off on the back side of the thermostat housing.
The outer piston casing, I believe it to be cast iron is rusted beyond belief. The top of the brim where the head gasket sit on is very questionable. Im thinking to move on the another engine as soon as I have the cash for it, that's if its starts?

 

Anyone know what engine should I be looking at? Is the sticky discussion about down grading to smaller liter engine, Im thinking about gas saving.

 

Swapping a lower displacement engine into an Accord will not net you gas savings. A 98-02 ULEV F23A4 swap, complete with transmission and ECU/TCU and emissions systems would be your best gain for MPG in this chassis.

 

This job is done, I check the compression on all four and came up 180psi on all four.
Im getting error code 43, gas/ air ratio. My pvc grommet s crack. Can this be the cause for my Error code?