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4AGE reco head
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Mon, 23 September 2002 01:52
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Repco rang this morning to say that my poor corolla's head has three spots of corrosion and would cost $200ish to weld, skim and regrind affected valves. However, 4 intake and 6 exhaust valves aren't sealing particularly well, so to regrind those, resetting tappets etc and basically reco'ing the whole deal, I'll be up for $510. We're going to own the car for a while - so reco'ing is deemed "a good thing" - but I've gotta sus out some options first..
a) weld, skim, get back on road asap, think about selling it soon - $200
b) reco - $510
c) $x, buy already reco'd head from somewhere (where?)
d) $x buy non-reco'd but good cond 2nd hand head from somewhere (where?)
In addition, what opinions do people have about using ACL top end gaskets vs toyota top end gaskets?
cheers!
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Club Member
Location:
Sydney, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 4AGE reco head
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Tue, 24 September 2002 16:18
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I'm getting a full head service (Sounds good huh  ) on my 4A-GE 100kW... I'm getting it skimmed flat at the bottom, a pressure test to make sure that it's okay and a full valve service which involves stripping the entire head and checking all the valves and valve caps for straightness and so forth... That's costing me:
$450 for the valve service
$67.60 for the pressure test...
You said that you're keeping the car for a while... Do the reconditioning... That way you can ensure that you should have no problems further on down the track... I'm doing a full engine rebuild and was thinking of skipping the valve service... But then I thought, "what if I put it all back together and one of the valves are infact bent or something is wrong with it"... That means that I'd have to pull it apart again, get that fixed and then put it all back together...
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Registered:
September 2002
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Re: 4AGE reco head
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Wed, 25 September 2002 10:19
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cheers
yeah, went with the reco. The next problem I've just discovered is the surface of the block just underneath where the head corroded has pitted, right in the combustion seal bit so that's not cool 
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