[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos a few answers (long): Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by TODDMO [Email] (#493) [Profile/Gallery] (more from TODDMO) on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:51:35 In Reply to: Re: i concur, skibumm100 [Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:31:12 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I paid $300 to have my head cleaned, pressure tested, skimmed and "squished" (it was severely warped). I also had a valve job which included installing new valve seals and lapping-in the old valves (valve guides were ok). Against the advice of this board, which said I'd be better off with a "good" used head, I tried to "fix" my old head. I now have a used cylinder head installed with success and my warped head is a shiny paperweight with binding cam bearing journals. I will rectify this in the future, but right now I've got other things to worry about.

A saabnet member recomennded Clearwater cylinder head. Google it. They have 2.3 heads with a warranty.

I would get a guarantee (in writing) that your head, if warped badly, can be repaired before you agree to any work by a machine shop.

• head gasket warped:-(, skibumm100 , Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:46:08
  • Re: head gasket warped:-(, BobS, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:36:35
  • take it from me (and others on this board), TODDMO , Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:54:29
    • i concur, Ben, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:26:46
      • Re: i concur, skibumm100 , Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:31:12
        • a few answers (long):, TODDMO , Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:51:35 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100 , Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:50:55
            • Re: a few answers (long):, DickT , Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:47:55
              • Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100 , Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:10:46
                • Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100 , Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:50:51
                  • QUICK UPDATE ON HEAD:, skibumm100 , Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:24:45
                    • Good News., TODDMO , Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:41:48
                      • Re: Good News., skibumm100 , Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:47:02
                        • one small detail:, TODDMO , Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:10:30
                • Re: a few answers (long):, DickT , Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:57:52
                  • Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100 , Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:53:42
                  • owning more than one Saab..., TODDMO , Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:49:48
                    • Re: owning more than one Saab..., skibumm100 , Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:50:58
                  • I hear ya. With 3 Saabs in the yard, all needing, Noel, Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:01:16
                    • Re: I hear ya. With 3 Saabs in the yard, all needing, skibumm100 , Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:58
  • Re: head gasket warped:-(, skibumm100 , Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:48:20

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