Did something stupid with my new engine.Head mildy damaged questions?

[AL92]

Ok this is very stupid and feel very ashamed
I picked up my 2.4 engine from machine shop with head on and 2.4 temp oil pan on there.Machine shop assembled crank,rod,pistons and installed the head.
Buddy picked it up from back of truck no hoist and carried it over to the garage. Then we decided wanted it up off ground a bit higher and we set it down on a plastic garbage can.
It seemed fine on there. Then we had to go find some metric bolts which meant going to three stores before we found them in the right thread pitch and length.
Got home and you guessed it the engine fell over off the plastic garbage can.!!
Like I said we are stupid stupid stupid..!!
No damage to the block but on the one very corner where the cam gears go ,that very end corner is bent down slightly and right at the very edge of that corner where the cam gears go is slighly roughed up.
I am not 100% sure the gasket would seal good if that corner area is bent down slightly.
I would post a pic but not good with posting pics..can try maybe tommorrow or later on.

Anyway buddy things we can lightly heat with tiny torch the corner and carefully tap it up level.Its not down that much and he said we can maybe jb weld the tiny bit of roughness on the corner. It may not even be necessary to fix this but it bugs me since of course everything was perfect till we did the brain dead thing of putting on that garbage can.

So will the aluminum break or crack if we try to bend it back? Is the heat idea the best way to try to lightly tap it back straight?Is jb weld ok to fix the very little bit of roughness at the edge that may be beyond the valve cover gasket anyway or is there better aluminum repair products that are easy to find some sort of liquid aluminum or something.
I don't want to make things worse. Could maybe take it to engine builder and get him to mabye touch it up but pain to take it off the stand and haul it over there .mabye he can just come and tweak it for me at home.

Anybody have this problem before..?Its the front corner right by the exhaust cam..

 

[gsxtacy]

Sucks to hear man, I think I remember seeing a cylinder head in the classifieds today.

We all make mistakes sometimes, it happens I "once" reused a timing belt Idler Pulley, and it cost me a Fresh 1G Head/Intake within 20 miles of life., and any more damage would have cost me the short block....(eye browed the pistons pretty good, but salvagable)

IMHO a different head is the only fix I would go with.

 

[Marc91GSX]

No you cannot heat aluminum and bend it back into shape. Your head is through you need to get a new one. I would also take the block back to the machine shop and have them inspect it. Cast iron is not very sturdy when it comes to being dropped on concrete and there is a chance that you craked it.

 

[AL92]

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[AL92]

It looks like valve cover gasket should still seal and could maybe put some jb weld on there to pretty it up.
I think will just take it to machine shop and let machinist tweak it.
The head has zero other damage and the block does not either.The engine more tipped over than just was slammed to the ground.
The 2.4 pan was dented and took most of it.Not using the 2.4 pan anyway.
So got off lucky it looks like ,lesson learned.

 

[playitlouddsm]

That doesn't look very good from the pictures. I guess you'd have to see it in person to be the judge as to use it or not. I wouldn't want to risk putting the thing in and having a small oil leak there. I'd want to get a new head if it were me.
Good Luck
Nick

 

[AL92]

You guys are nuts..the head cost a lot of money to do.I had manley stainless valves installed with new guides.no fancy porting or multiangle valve job though.The cam seals will be fine that part is not bent >its just the little area where the valve cover goes down might get a corner oil leak there. A bit more rtv or maybe building it up with jb weld and bet it would be fine. The one pic does make it seem really messed should take a few more with more light from the front and you will see its not that bad.That mark on the tip of the ear might even been from guys prying there forget if it was there or not.
I will take it to machine shop hopefully today and see what machinist says.

 

[AL92]

The machinist said the head damage was very minor and repairs cylinder heads all the time for various reasons.He said he could also fix that up with a bit of welding I think he said..
So just let him tweak it but taking him cam cap to check things out anyway.

 

[bigjdog84]

Put the cam cap on there and see how much contact the bottom of the cam cap makes with the head. I'd be more concerned with the cap not lining up correctly on there (=being oblong rather than round), rather than a valve cover leak. Use a good amount of RTV around the cam seal if you decide to use this head.

It should more than likely be fine to use.

 

[1stGenRocks]

yea it doesn't look too bad to me. just file off the rough spot around the cam seal and jbweld up the corner so that the valve cover will seal