New record time for headgasket change
03-25-2006, 11:37 PM
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New record time for headgasket change
One of my techs and I were joking about the labor time for a headgasket job on a turbo. So he timed me 2 hours 23 mins start to finish when I closed the hood. I was movin!
03-27-2006, 07:05 PM
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Did the car run afterwards? lol Seriously, thats WAY fast and I'm assuming you weren't doing things like resealing the cam tower or belts/rollers, etc, and you left the exhaust in place, right?
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03-27-2006, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by badcoupe
One of my techs and I were joking about the labor time for a headgasket job on a turbo. So he timed me 2 hours 23 mins start to finish when I closed the hood. I was movin!
it certainly makes it easier to have a replacement head laying around or was this a come back from the head resurfacing/gasket/previous work?
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03-27-2006, 07:15 PM
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Wow, I wouldn't mind paying those labor charges...
It took my dad and I a whole 6 weekends to do it. But that included all gaskets, injector cleaning, replacement of cooling pipe, and a few helicoils.
It took my dad and I a whole 6 weekends to do it. But that included all gaskets, injector cleaning, replacement of cooling pipe, and a few helicoils.
03-28-2006, 12:12 AM
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pulledthe entire exh manifold off. the cam tower seals etc front seals etc are all fresh, I got greedy with my boost controller. My vac lines are a cinch now between removing the venturi tube and laust's manifold. I remove the fuel rail with the intake just remove the fuellines and the 2 cam tower bolts that secure the rail. Remove the six bolts from the header to crossover pipe. intercooler tubes and slip the timing belt off after removing the distributor housing. I set the motor to tdc later. I don't disturb the bal belt or acc belts. I leave the heater core hard line in place just take it loose at the waterpump. the block required verylittle prep as the gasket came off clean. I checked the head with a parralell for flatness cleaned all the parts up. and reassembled it. It was my car and I've been there plenty of times! I would never try to do it that quick on a customer's car!
03-28-2006, 12:29 AM
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WHAT? I am impressed....... with your repair time...... perhaps not your restraint.
I would say you have been there.... I would wager to say too much boost, too often
You could always O-ring, then who knows where the weakest link will be
I have been forcing myself away from boost controller...... I am weak
I would say you have been there.... I would wager to say too much boost, too often
You could always O-ring, then who knows where the weakest link will be
I have been forcing myself away from boost controller...... I am weak
03-28-2006, 05:20 PM
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That's amazing - I could never do it that fast mostly because I get that "while-I'm-in-here-I-might-as-well-obsessively-clean-every-exposed-part-of-the-engine-with-toothbrushes" syndrome.
Nice job, regardless!
Nice job, regardless!