[s-cars] Pulling the head on an AAN any BTDT??

[Steve Powers]

$3000 sounds like a deal to me. my head replacement would've cost
about $6000, but the timing belt failure was due to dealer error. if
the timing belt has slipped the chances are even on whether or not you
crashed some valves. I crashed 16 in my motor and cracked the head in
the process.

I hope your news is better.

Steve

On 10/6/05, Kurt <szarka77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all...long time lurker here.
>
> I wonder if those of you who have done it can give me an idea how long
> it would/should take to pull the head on a 1993 AAN engine.  Any
> gotchas or stuff to beware of?  Anyone ever done a write up on such a
> procedure?  Car is '93 S4 with 101k miles.
>
> My mech (not a stealer)is saying that there is no compression in #5,
> apparently a stuck valve.  He estimates 11 hours and a total of
> $3000.00 USD parts/labor to fix (?)  This seems nuts to me.  Thinking
> of doing it myself.  Just had all the lifters replaced and new head
> gasket last December and now this.  I think we have a bigger problem
> here.
>
> Car was in a no start condition and determined that TB had jumped 3
> teeth.  Fixed that and car will now run but rough.  Seems the top
> tension roller is too loose, too.  It had lateral play and may have
> caused the TB to jump.  Also prior to all this had *a lot* of white
> smoke on cold starts which would go away after warm up. Car uses no
> oil, but oil, Mobil 1 15-50 is already getting sludgey after only 10
> months of new head, oil pump, etc.
>
> Suggestions welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Kurt
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