lookforjoe Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Be careful! The cover bolts should be loosened progressively from the outside spiralling in, working over the whole cover, don't just haphazardly loosen them. When you install, it is reversed, work form the center outward. The cams usually stay in the head, not the cover like old (-'98) setups. If you are NOT careful, you can break the cam flanges at either end of the head. Get a manual if you don't have the procedure, it's not difficult, but you can damage components if you don't take apart the correct way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Won't a new head come with a valve cover? Aren't they mated together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Head bolts pulled and the head seperated, but I didn't realized the water pipe connection is holding the head on the block. Does the whole water pipe need to be removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdlimy Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 No just the two 10mm bolts holding the flange to the head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) Carnage: Cylinder 1 Cylinder 2 Cylinder 3 Cylinder 4 Cylinder 5 Is that much crud in the cylinder normal? Edited December 19, 2012 by Tightmopedman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Yup, looks normal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8ET6 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Post some pics of the head & valves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) You can't see much but here it is: Edited December 20, 2012 by Tightmopedman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Not abnormal. Depends in part on quality of gas used, maintenance, type od driving the car typically saw, etc... Just clean it all off, with each piston at TDC, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdlimy Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Doesn't look bad. And yes that amount of carbon is normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D s50r Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have an 04 Lpt head off of a running engine for sale shipping would be a bitch I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdlimy Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 cant see much? except the fact that every intake valve is bent.. Like H said, set each piston at tdc and clean them, i use a small 2" flap disk on an air grinder and then finish with scotch bright and wd40, wipe the piston off real good and then when that piston hits bottom in the cylinder clean the cylinder out the best you can, wash the shit out of the cylinders with wd40 and keep turning the motor over until the cylinders look clean and it doesnt look like the pistons are dragging up new shit on every pass. Make sure you change your oil, since it now has wd40 and some shit in it. #1 cylinder looks like it ran a bit lean... so did you find a new head? I have an 04 Lpt head off of a running engine for sale shipping would be a bitch I guess Cost me 55 bucks to ship a head from oregon to bmac, where ever the hell he lives haha, but that was on my work fedex account. I couldnt imagine it costing more than about 80 bucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 You have an extra head in Portland? I'll be there Friday for a family reunion . I'll probably just grab a head in Denver where my parents live and take it to a local machinist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdlimy Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 sorry its occupied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just had my machinist over and he said the car was definitely running when the valves collided with the pistons, based on the depth of the impact marks. I called the junkyard and was basically told to fuck off. I'm calling my CC company to contest the charges. Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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