Well here is the bad news, i found why my engine was running like garbage.. i did a compression test and found my results to be 180-120-60-100 .. Anyways i suspect this of being bent valves(car runs fine while moving).. I was just wondering what work is needed and costs are involved with this, all help will be greatly appreciated..

 

bump for a poor guy

 

you should do a leakdown test to be sure.

ifit is the valves, expect to pay 1000-1500 in total repair costs.

 

for valves that cost $200 a set..something must be wrong here...im getting mixed opinions, especially from the search..

i need to get:

-Valves-$200
-Three angle valve job-$?
-Deck the head-$?
-Timing belt(mightaswell when im there)$120

Anyone else add to the list?

 

Head gasket set : ~ $150.
Water pump (since you are there) : ~ $70.

 

it cost my buddy 1600 bucks including labor to fix his valves but that is also canadian so yeah ur lucky i only had compression 180 in one chamber the rest of them was 0 0 0 haha now im just gonna go toda

 

well my car wont idle at all...sounds like you valves are stretched..

 

-Valves------------------------------------------------------$200
-Three angle valve job-------------------------------------$?
-Deck the head---------------------------------------------$60
-Timing belt-------------------------------------------------$120
-Head gasket set-------------------------------------------$150
-Water Pump(really?)--------------------------------------$70

Ach this aint going to be cheap....

 

poor you
get it fix soon

 

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-Valves------------------------------------------------------$200
-Three angle valve job-------------------------------------$?
-Deck the head---------------------------------------------$60
-Timing belt-------------------------------------------------$120
-Head gasket set-------------------------------------------$150
-Water Pump(really?)--------------------------------------$70

Ach this aint going to be cheap....
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Water pump depends on your mileage but it's a might as well item since it's all apart.

I didn't change mine only because my car had about 30k kms when I decided to break it.

The 3 angle valve job is not necessary but you do have to measure the valve seat and inspect it to see if it is all mashed up from the valve being bent. Likely you will have to get 1-2 or all four of them in that particular chamber recut and it if it damaged to some severe extent you will have to have the seats replaced and recut.

Valve grinding compound is your friend plus the suction cup valve holder, to have everything seated.

My recommendation to add to the list is to replace all the valveseals.... it's an item that shouldn't be overlooked since everything is apart.

I trust my own (bad, expensive) experience in having my car repaired and running good again.

Good luck to you.

 

YOu need to factor in Labor.

 

Head gasket set comes with all of the valve seals, as well as the intake and exhaust gaskets, valve cover gasket,grommets, and seals + miscellaneous stuff.

 

labour= ME

Raging angle, did you do all the work yourselkf or did you have it sent out??

 

Its not going to cost that much.

Headgasket is $50
You can buy 1 valve at a time. So find out which valve is bad.

One intake valve from acura is $18.93 from Carland Acura, and exhuast is $29.09. I highly recommend you take your head to a machine shop and get it looked at and have the new valves installed. My friend just took his 4g63 head to a machine shop down here...needed surfacing which required removing all valves. They reground the valve seats and everything else..total cost $157.

Do your home work.

Buy cheap acura parts here: http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org

Depending on the miles you can do a timing belt and change the water pump but thats your choice.

Timing belt: 57.15
Water pump: 97.91

liam

 

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buy cheap Acura parts from len! he hooks up h-t members w/ good prices look for his thread in the Best Buys forum

 

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What is the compression sposed to be in the itr?

 

Don't forget that bent valves also means posible broken valve guides. Not the easiest parts on the head to replace...

 

hrmmm....strange...I bought everything separately that's why I wasn't aware of the "headgasket SET"

I imagine it would have been cheaper that way...oh well...

I did half half.... pulled the head off myself.... dismantled everything sent the head out to have it resurfaced and then the valve seat cut.

Had Ben at AJR put the valves back in and then I was on my merry way after I slapped it back on the shorty.

 

Greg: you what!? nooooooooo!!! g/l man