What You Don’t Know About Cylinder Heads Might Cost You $$$ Not many car buyers possess the in-depth knowledge of car engine parts which, when used while buying a new car or truck, can save you a whole lot of trouble later on. And money, don’t forget about the money you can save by knowing…
Don’t Pay Good Money For Scrap. When To Avoid Used Cylinder Heads. Used cylinder heads may be a good solution to your problem, let me give you an example of when they are not. A customer brought us a head for a 2000 Lexus LS400. The VVT (Variable Valve Timing) hub was broken, $300 our…
Buy a Manufacture Specific Head Bolt Repair Kit for $450 & Up or Use This Head Bold Thread Repair Method for About $90 We get a lot of calls from people who go to put their cylinder head(s) back on the engine (aluminum block) and the threads strip while trying to torque the head bolts….
Not Always, As You Will Soon See A gentleman brought us a 2001 VW Jetta, 2.0 Liter, SOHC 8 valve cylinder head that had broken a timing belt. As is usually the case, these heads normally bend 4 to 8 valves; this was no exception with 8 bent valves. We quoted the job as usual…
Be Sure Your Cylinder Head Really Needs Replacing! This happened here at Southeast Cylinder Head today and it is easily avoidable (and unfortunately is becoming more and more common). Our customer, Earl S. had a “mechanic” check his engine on his 1999 pick up truck because it wasn’t running properly. This mechanic informed Earl the…
