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Mmhmm. Jiggle valve up sir. ---------- Post added at 01:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:10 PM ---------- Even when my motor is under 75k and had never been opened up before? Why no matter what?[COLOR="Silver"]

Well I just drove to work. And now im pretty convinced that the head has to come back off. It ran hot afor the last 10 minutes of my commute, electric fans kicking on. Got to work, saw overflow bottle full to the opening. So clearly i have combustion getting into the cooling system. Aggggh...

Clearly I waited too long. From what I read & heard it seemed like retorquing was more like a preferance than a necessity. Didnt tap block threads. Bolts tightened nice and smoothly. ---------- Post added at 08:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 AM ---------- I was sure this was...

Ok so to make a long story short I had pulled my head and had it rebuilt a few months ago due to a burnt exhaust valve. (For the full length story check my "well she's hurt-mystery of the sudden #2 no compression misfire solved" thread). The car is stock save for a cat back and intake. Its my...

I'll take pics and post tonight. Here, in the NYC area, Cops LOVE to give equipment violation summonses, and that of course includes illegal HID kits. I've driven through checkpoints, behind cop cars, and along side them, and my car is fairly loud. I think if my lights were so blinding, they...

I was wondering how some guys say they remove as much old fluid from the mc reservoir as possible with a turkey baster or whatever. I read that and was thinking to myself how nearly emptying the reservoir can be in any way a good idea when you're about to crack open a bleeder screw. I'd feel far...

I put HIDs in mine last winter. Got a pair of diamond cut H4 housings off Ebay like GrimJack mentioned for under 30 bucks. I'm pretty sure I saw projector style housings on there too, which might make things a little easier for you. I just went with the regular diamond cut because I didn't like...

I was very successful at removing the hideous vinyl pinstripes on my car last spring. No power tools necessary, and anyone who comes near a painted surface with a razor blade should be slapped silly. My pinstripes looked as though they'd been on forever, but once they were off and after a wash...

I can't stand driving the car like this. I'm sure it can't be very good for it either. Any suggestions on what I should do? Do I try re-torquing the head? or should I pull it apart again? Does anyone know of a good 7M repair guy in the NYC area?

True, and mine were shot. I had the machinist save everything he replaced.

I very quickly check the block deck with the straight edge for warping and it looked fine. In addition to that, since the machinist had told me there was no cracking or warping on the head (and aluminum being so much more prone to warp than the iron block) AND my low miles, AND never having...

My fault. I wasn't being very clear. I wasn't quoting either my mechanic or the machinist. I also didn't mean to imply that that was the root cause of my burnt valve. The deterioration of the valve seat and improper sealing of the valve due to excessive heat, ethanol-blended fuel, tired valve...

I feel your pain dude... that's an impressive chunk as well :)

A BHG?! But how?

-UPDATE- Ok... so since I last posted, I ended up bending the shit out of the factory turbo oil pipe. It just pissed oil no matter what. So I ordered suprasport.com's easy install kit. The only downside was that it took about a month for me to get it. It was installed in 20 minutes, came...

If that's the case, then copper plugs make a lot of sense. I've never heard of silver plugs though. Has anyone else?

The machinist lubed it up with what looks like redline for when he did the assembly/valve adjustment, but I'll definitely give it a little more before I button it all up. :icon_bigg she likes it the lube.

Any idea how much that costs? Rebuilt toyota injectors are about 35 bucks each. I bought a new o2 sensor yesterday for the hell of it.

You know, While working on the car the other day, I really started to think about the white color of the turbine / exh manifold outlet. What could have caused it? Is it really a bad injector? If the o2 sensor was faulty and leaning it out, wouldn't I have a check engine light? I really don't...

lol I'll work on that. Only have this one so far, about to put the head together a bit before putting it back on. So cleann! :icon_bigg . I was supposed to work on it today but the weather didn't cooperate :3d_frown: