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budda
Location: Cincinnati Gender: Male Total Likes: 181 likes
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
| | | | Re: Blown Head Gasket < Reply # 12 on 11/20/2012 6:59 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | This I've done many a time. Checking the warpedness is easy. Get a feeler gauge and a pretty legit straightedge. Slide the gauge under the edge to check for warpedness. You measure across the gasket surface, across each cylinder, and X corner to corner. Usually the acceptable warpage is below .004 inches or so depending on model. Head's gonna be your cheaper option. All this bullshit about it being easier to engine swap is 'malarky' assuming your bottom end's ok. I can pull my 2.5 head, intake/exhaust, turbo and all in about an hour. Different engine or not, how hard can an NA jeep engine be? But if it ran milkshake for more than a mile or so you might be in trouble sooner than later with bearings and such. If it's warped, you can find a machine shop to mill it. It only cost me $30 at a local engine shop to get .008 shaved flat. I also was able to get a rebuilt head from cylinder heads international for $220 ready to install after my cam broke. Been about 1,000 miles and I've had no trouble. 1 year warrantee too. Don't cheap out on head bolts or gasket. I bought felpro once and had milkshake within 5 minutes running. They're called failpro for a reason. Mopar gasket and bolts together are <$100. Finally, relax. It's a 4 cylinder engine. Not a space craft. As long as your gasket mating surfaces are clean, you don't leave debris/liquid in the cylinder, and you torque the head properly, it's probably gonna be fine.
[last edit 11/20/2012 7:16 AM by budda - edited 4 times]
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