tommo
02-09-2005, 09:34 PM
Hello guys long time no see. Just fixed my cars head the other weekend.
About a month ago I was driving along when I noticed that it was idling like a pig and it has lost a heap of power, and was blowing a lot of white smoke. :doh: OH NO there goes the head. That weekend I ran a compression test and when I saw that it was pretty low I took off the head to have a look at it. I could see what looked like a crack in the head and also that the camshaft had been rubbing on the head. When I got it professionally looked at they said that it was unrepairable and that I would need to get a new one. :cry:
They said that it was cheaper to buy a new head rather than a recon and with the new ones you also get new valves and valve springs.
So I got the new head and before I put it on I thought that I would have a look at all the sensors before I put it on. When I looked at the knock sensor I saw that the last person who had the car must have cooked it pretty badly because the knock sensor was completely MELTED!( it wasn't me because I haven't overheated it while I've had it) I was to Sprints to get another sensor but they told me that I would have to get a genuine one. Go to get a genuine one and they tell me that they want $220 for one :shock: . So to the wreakers I went to get one for $20.
So After a couple of weekends I got the head on and now it's running great! There's a noticable difference in the amount of power that it makes and although I haven't checked yet, I'm pretty sure that my fuel economy is better.
About a month ago I was driving along when I noticed that it was idling like a pig and it has lost a heap of power, and was blowing a lot of white smoke. :doh: OH NO there goes the head. That weekend I ran a compression test and when I saw that it was pretty low I took off the head to have a look at it. I could see what looked like a crack in the head and also that the camshaft had been rubbing on the head. When I got it professionally looked at they said that it was unrepairable and that I would need to get a new one. :cry:
They said that it was cheaper to buy a new head rather than a recon and with the new ones you also get new valves and valve springs.
So I got the new head and before I put it on I thought that I would have a look at all the sensors before I put it on. When I looked at the knock sensor I saw that the last person who had the car must have cooked it pretty badly because the knock sensor was completely MELTED!( it wasn't me because I haven't overheated it while I've had it) I was to Sprints to get another sensor but they told me that I would have to get a genuine one. Go to get a genuine one and they tell me that they want $220 for one :shock: . So to the wreakers I went to get one for $20.
So After a couple of weekends I got the head on and now it's running great! There's a noticable difference in the amount of power that it makes and although I haven't checked yet, I'm pretty sure that my fuel economy is better.