My car is dead
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Gearbox sorry to hear about all that. if i lived anywhere near you i'd def in drive in to help you. theres gotta be someone on here who can help you. if it were me though man i'd take it back to them and tell them to either fix it right or give you your fing money back. and i'd bring a few of my huge friends with baseball bats and brass knuckles.
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well the problem is a few friends did the first swap (but it was done right so thats not the issue). dh is in cali and i'm surprised they are still in business. if i put their pulley on, my engine would be in the garbage by now. i still have that stupid pulley around the house. This time the shop says not enough evidence to swap the head. I have ext warranty but its iffy. Mechanic says I can't tell if the gasket is blown. really...i guess burning coolant and misfire codes don't do it for him. retard.
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Sorry to hear that. Oh.. DH 
Taking apart the engine is way far from my knowledge. Hope somebody around you can help. Balance the cost between shop repair and DYI,+/- headache, if it worth the money.
Good Luck.
Taking apart the engine is way far from my knowledge. Hope somebody around you can help. Balance the cost between shop repair and DYI,+/- headache, if it worth the money.
Good Luck.
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i dont wanna sound like i'm an *** or something, but if you're around chicago, i'd be happy to help you. but i dont know if you can make it from champagne to here...
i dont wanna sound like i'm an *** or something, but if you're around chicago, i'd be happy to help you. but i dont know if you can make it from champagne to here...
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Turboengeer has one or two for sale for $200 (?)
Also, the coolant issue might be just the head studs, you have to change'em every time you takinh the head off. Also as the higher compression, then use Sunoco 94 gas, this should help.
So, what I say, get nippon leakless gasket and chage it with, use apr head studs. use 94 octane. This very well will help!
As fas as changing gaskets/heads, its easy, take things appart is easier then putting back together
hardest thing is to get started! Like getting up out of bed ealy in the morning - getting off the bad is hardest!
Dont worry, you will get through it!
Turboengeer has one or two for sale for $200 (?)
Also, the coolant issue might be just the head studs, you have to change'em every time you takinh the head off. Also as the higher compression, then use Sunoco 94 gas, this should help.
So, what I say, get nippon leakless gasket and chage it with, use apr head studs. use 94 octane. This very well will help!
As fas as changing gaskets/heads, its easy, take things appart is easier then putting back together
hardest thing is to get started! Like getting up out of bed ealy in the morning - getting off the bad is hardest!Dont worry, you will get through it!
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Originally Posted by Da1lyDr1ver
hey gearbox
i dont wanna sound like i'm an *** or something, but if you're around chicago, i'd be happy to help you. but i dont know if you can make it from champagne to here...
i dont wanna sound like i'm an *** or something, but if you're around chicago, i'd be happy to help you. but i dont know if you can make it from champagne to here...
cool but no i doubt it will make it without causing more problems. but if you wanna come here hehe that would be cool.
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Rep Power: 297 i would take him to peoples court with the evidence, lol, may have them wanna settle, dont go down fight it till the end, and if i liked new u i would deff. help you out.
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its a little over the 350 mark i saw on this but at least u know its new and wont break
its a little over the 350 mark i saw on this but at least u know its new and wont break
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Rep Power: 811 yea and they were still consistent like that for almost 2 yrs. its just the coolant so far but i don't want oil and coolant mixing that would be really bad. and that diy sucks doesn't have anything useful.
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Rep Power: 811 you know what i'm laughing now but i know theres gonna be tons of problems. maybe if i make it out i'll post a head swap diy.
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Rep Power: 811 haha seriously i wish i could take it back and throw it in their shop with a note that says return to sender. they'll understand.
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Rep Power: 305 i changed my head gasket/head bolts (arp) and put in a custom intake manifold this weekend.removing the head isnt very hard. a word of warning for you gearbox is that you WILL have to remove the crank pulley which this a bitch unless you have an impact. other than that its not much of a problem everything else kinda flows smoothly. I have taken my head off and put back on twice. the main problem I ran into was timing. pm/im me if you have any questions concerns about doing it I will help you out.
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Rep Power: 811 hmm i don't remember reading about crank pulley. i thought you just had to turn it to tdc? are you sure it has to come off? i can't think of why it would come off.. other than that i'm a bit worried about swapping the camshaft properly and putting cam gear and belt back on. I think the way i'm remembering is trying to slide the timing belt off and then putting it back without loosening the tensioner. any advice for getting pulley off if i need to? i don't have alot of tools just a basic socket set.
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Rep Power: 312 for getting the crank pulley off, u can use a normal socket set ( if's it's durrable) you can use some nice brute strength, or find a long metal pole to put over the rachet for levelerage
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Originally Posted by booba5185
for getting the crank pulley off, u can use a normal socket set ( if's it's durrable) you can use some nice brute strength, or find a long metal pole to put over the rachet for levelerage
good luck man. 
