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There's a hole in my head....

PetesDustyVolvo

PetesDustyVolvo

one car, two bicycles
Joined
May 27, 2003
Location
caliper land
Well that sucks!

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Pretty demoralizing... wish I had noticed that at the junkyard
 
Well I got the head for $80... and ironically everything from that junkyard gets a free warranty. So I'll be visiting them once a week for a month with my fingers crossed
 
I sent one in for guides pressed in and surfaces, and i think they charged less than $20 for welding up an eroded coolant passage, in fact, they may not have charged me at all.
 
745 TurboGreasel said:
I sent one in for guides pressed in and surfaces, and i think they charged less than $20 for welding up an eroded coolant passage, in fact, they may not have charged me at all.
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yeah that maybe, but if i were to weld were the damage is on this head, i would preheat the whole thing and gouge the area out well. dont want it cracking or poor penitration. this is an important spot.
 
Theres a good machine shop I know that fixes eroded volvo heads for us. Its up in fountain valley though, so I dont know if it is worth driving up for. He wouldn't charge much and he could check the head out for a valve job too.
 
Thanks I will keep that in mind... It is a long way to drive though. He wanted $85 to skim the head and I thought that was way too much.

We actually have a machine shop at my work. I need to talk to some people... its totally not allowed but maybe a case of beer would do the trick haha
 
Mueller said:
$100 for 20 to 30 minutes of work???

a real machine shop should charge half of that and then surfacing should be in the $40 range
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ok glade he got it done localy. sorry to offer my services. i figured it was fair for shipping it back, gouging out the bad spot, preheating it, careful welding, and sending it back. 100 didnt seem bad but i guess it is my bad. just trying to help a guy out.
 
that's quite an overheat there, you really gotta blow the gasket and run it for a hell of a long time to get those results.

i wouldn't mess with fixing it unless 16v heads are unattainable where you live. i would just get another.
 
2fast242gt said:
ok glade he got it done localy. sorry to offer my services. i figured it was fair for shipping it back, gouging out the bad spot, preheating it, careful welding, and sending it back. 100 didnt seem bad but i guess it is my bad. just trying to help a guy out.
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Hey I'm sorry... didn't realize you were actually offering to fix my head.

Appreciate the offer

500dollar744ti said:
that's quite an overheat there, you really gotta blow the gasket and run it for a hell of a long time to get those results.

i wouldn't mess with fixing it unless 16v heads are unattainable where you live. i would just get another.
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Well it did seem like there was some pretty bad preignition on the #3 cylinder but it didn't seem like the engine was actually overheated. It didn't blow into the coolant or oil passages. Oil was clean.
 
you should of called me. I would traded you that head I have for that one all I need are the valves. I should be home fir Christmas
 
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