Have you thought about sending your injectors out to be cleaned and serviced? Inspect your wire harness especially near the egr valve. Should probably put some extra insulation near that spot.
And wrap it with heat tape.
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Have you thought about sending your injectors out to be cleaned and serviced? Inspect your wire harness especially near the egr valve. Should probably put some extra insulation near that spot.
And wrap it with heat tape.
Took all the ancillary parts and lifter buckets off and took the head into a reputable machine shop, they're going to clean it, pressure test it, do a leak down test, and resurface it - bill will be $180 but I figured this is worth it since I'm already going to all the trouble of getting in here.
I cleaned the block with a razor blade and checked around with a straightedge and a feeler gauge, the area of head gasket failure doesn't have any more variation than the area between the other cylinders.
Barring any bad news with the head test, my next concern is all the parts I need to reassemble it. Can someone recommend me whatever is considered the best option for the gasket set and bolts? Brands and part numbers would be great - I just dropped by the local stealership and they quoted me $750 for the oem gasket set, bolts, and washers. Obviously, that's insane. If oem is the only decent thing out there, I'll find it discounted but wondering what you guys think. Are the washers one time use? Don't see why they would be as long as they're not deformed. In addition to that, I'm planning to replace/correct the following:
-Any various hosing that can't be easily gotten to
-Distributor o-ring
-several intake and exhaust manifold studs that are deformed on their heads
-1 missing cam knuckle/bracket bolt
-1 missing valve cover bolt
-gaskets between exhaust downpipe and header
-throttle cable
And possibly these:
-Spark plug tube gaskets?
-Fuel injector seals?
Is it vital that any of the above are oem/specific brand?
The other thing I want to do while I've got the room in the engine bay is to get everything nice and clean - lots of years of grime, oil, etc - any tips or chemicals of choice? I'll tape the block off first so nothing gets grime in it. Also, does the block need to be prepped in any other way besides a good razored smooth finish before going on with the new head gasket?