[s-cars] Re: need head

[Aaron]

A friend of mine with a urs had some great luck with the power flush method.
Aaron T

William Noland wrote:

> You might want to try a cleaner first. Your mechanic or another 
> mechanic and run some pretty powerful cleaner through, with the head 
> in place. You could also try one of the retail products first -- I've 
> heard good things about BG Products (not sure if BG sells retail -- 
> may need to do this through a mechanic). Might check out others -- 
> Redline, etc. Run a tank or two through, then recheck the leakage. 
> Couldn't hurt to try, before pulling the head.
>
> Bill Noland
>
>> This sucks (no pun intended). I got the call from my mechanic, and 
>> what I
>> thought was a bad turbo seal is not. I believe the  guides have let 
>> some oil
>> make its way into the combustion chamber, leaving deposits on the 
>> valves and
>> the seats. The leakdown test showed significant leakage in several
>> cylinders.
>>
>> I'm probably looking at a rebuilt head a$$embly. Patient is a 95 
>> Avant with
>> 125k miles, so young for such a procedure. Anyway if anybody has a 
>> complete
>> head assembly sitting around, or is willing to part with one contact 
>> me off
>> the list.
>> I am also looking for any thoughts, BTDT with this type of problem.
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>
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