iguanahotsauce
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- Dec 13, 2010
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Vancouver,
Washington
So I finally got the head off of my 1g after countless hours of work. I read instructions in both the haynes manual and chiltons manual and I also had to look through several tutorials since before I got this car I knew nothing about how to do any mechanical work on a car. Long story short I got the car after it had been sitting for several years because the fuel pump went out. Before I got it the timing belt ripped and so the previous owner who is a family friend had the had re-done, new pistons, new valves, etc. After I got it I fixed a few major boost leaks, replaced some small parts and it ran great. About a month later all of the sudden it had no power behind it. I would put the gas pedal to the floor and it would hardly move. It starts but idles really rough. I went through everything I could find and checked every little thing before deciding to pull off the head. I finally got it off today and I noticed that all four pistons have valve impressions on them. The first and the fourth only have two valve impressions on each of them and the second and third both have impressions from all four valves. The impressions don't look too bad so I'm trying to figure out if I can re use the pistons or if I need to get new ones. I flipped the head over and it looks like a few of the valves are bent a little bit but not badly, I will be able to get a better look once I get the intake manifold and exhaust manifold off, I also have a problem with a couple of bolts from the exhaust manifold breaking off when I was trying to get them out of the head and three out of the four bolts that connect the exhaust manifold to the turbo broke off as well which was causing me to have a major boost leak before I took the head off. Any suggestions on where to head next would be great. I love this car and want to get it running again but unfortunately I need to get it running so I can sell it
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