The engine I was working on had 183K on it, I doubt you have as much on
yours. But hey, I am not here to blow sunshine up your backside, I will
leave that to Ed Kaler. Instead, I will share with you what happened to
me. Imagine your relief when all goes well. It is my hope that the
engine in a Miata is of better quality than in a Dodge Colt. <G>
Brad
Mike MacLean wrote:
> You don't think you could paint a darker picture for me, do you Brad?
> Mike
>
> Brad Fornal wrote:
>
>> I seem to recall about a year ago, a discussion on removing the head
>> from
>> aluminum engines. It causes the block to warp and twist when the
>> torque on the
>> head is removed. I don't know the exact details of this, but I put
>> another head
>> onto a 90 Plymouth Colt, after the first one cracked. I didn't have
>> it reworked,
>> merely checked to be sure it was not cracked. It ran well for about
>> 300 miles,
>> then one day, it took a quart of oil and blew it out the rear seal,
>> in the span
>> of a 3 block drive. YMMV.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> Mike MacLean wrote:
>>
>>
>> > If you blow a head gakset with 103 thou on the odometer, do you
>> > automatically rebuild the head? Or are you worried like the old
>> > wive's
>> > tale that a new top end will cause blow by in the bottom? The
>> > mechanic
>> > that is taking off the Miata head due to a pressure leak in to the
>> > cooling system says he does not like to rebuild the head at this
>> > mileage
>> > for that reason. I'm not sure he knows what he is talking about.
>> > Mike MacLean
>> > 60 Sprite
>> > 56 BN2
>> > 02 FLSTS
>> > 00 F-150
>> > 94 Miata
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