That sucks man. Expensive lesson to learn.

Ive got a cheap L61 head if you change your mind and cant find one.

 

UPDATE:
Bottom of valve put a hole in the side of the intake port.
Piston is junk, all chewed up

Basically i wanna just quit


how much?

 

$75 picked up/meet halfway?

 

Haha... gee thanks guys. I figured he flushed it... I was just wondering why he switched to the green stuff. "Built motor" is not a reason. We have plenty of built motors in our crew, and every single one of them runs DexCool.




That sucks that the damage is that bad though. Trust me, I know the "I wanna quit" feeling all too well. Wasn't due to the motor, but it was due to two destroyed turbos totalling over $2000.

Hang in there. Maven's got a spare head for you for cheap. You'll get it back up soon enough. Just learn from it... next time don't drive it when you have a pretty good idea something isn't right.

 

sounds like my escapades of having a joke of a mechanic trying to install a water pump on a LD9. Bad timing = fucked valves/head.

 

sounds great. is it a bare head? I dont need anything. PM me for details

yea, im making him pay for $500 worth of the total damages

 

i have a spare head if your interested...its just chilling here collecting dust...still has some valves and springs in it....started to pull them out just didnt finish....it also has a minor port job...let me know if your interested

 

I sent you a PM, I may have a nicer head than the $75 one I mentioned......

 

Man my condolances man.

 

there were no abnormal noises except the "misfire" noise and i was using a 80/20 mix of water/coolant just for the break-in but after that i was gonna use dexcool

piston is fucked. ill get some pics. just got back from food n gettin ready to pull the head

thats my new gf

 

Take some pictures of the piston, if you don't mind. You should be able to order just one piston from Wiseco, obviously at a discount. I would make that mechanic buy your new head, new piston, and cost of swapping over valvesprings (if those are still ok).

Keep me updated on what's going on, you know I would be more than glad to lend a hand. I'm sure Al would come back out as well.

 

Green stuff is cheaper than DexCool. That is why. I've been bit by that want to quit bug as well.

 

ITS FUCKED! and heres your pics..... they look good!









they all got lil vavle marks on intake side... idk if they are reusable
and the head looks nice too

 

I'll call Macgyver...Duct tape and a paperclip and he'll have it runnin 9's

 

Nothing a little JB weld couldn't fix. lol


Ouch. Good luck with that. Nail the mechanic.

 

dont worry. the mechanic didnt get paid and is paying for piston and port and polish. supertech is replacing the valves for free

 

Nice, props to Supertech. At least the mechanic is owing up to his actions. Not too many do.

 

I was going for a snack, but after seen that last pic, I lost my appiete. Hope it all works out.

 

i looks everything is turning out good for ya, im really really really glad cuz those pictures looks nasty

 

yea good friend for a few years. id beat his ass if he didnt... did you notice the little gashes in the 1-3 pistons on intake side? valves hit

how do you think i feel? and my best friend/tattoo artist passed away and we burried him this morning

i hope it does. supertech is now saying that they wanna see the valves so i gotta send the pics but he said they should replace them for me

 

Holy ****!!! That sucks bro, I hope it works out for you. I wouldn't know what I would do in that situation.

 

DUDE!!!!!!! Didn't you use the J-43655????

Sorry for all that mess. i bet it just got worse and worse for you as you took everything apart!

 

man that looks nasty, is your head salvagable? only looked at pics and OP, so yeah...let me know if you need a head, i might have one tommorow, i was planning on a good port and polish but id be willin to sell it

 

Wow man, that sucks bad. You need to measure the #4 pistons protrusion/recess to the deck, as bad as that hit you may have tweaked a pin or rod. (it looks lower than #1 in the pic, a bad sign)

 

That looks nasty. That's good news though about the mechanic and supertech. Told you to hang in there and it'd work out. Good luck. Can't wait to see it get rebuilt.