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 Mar 12, 2012 - 7:36 PM
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I was just wondering....if I had a helicoil done, would I need to replace the block? The previous owner had a spark plug flew out so a helicoil was done. Jw because im planning on adding a turbo just for kicks and planning to rebuild everything and this is something I want to replace.
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Mar 17, 2012 - 6:52 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
if it's sticking up like that it was done wrong. If they used a heli-coil brand thread repair, that too was wrong since those are not for spark plug holes.
They should have used a self locking threaded copper or steel sleeve like a time-sert installed with high temp high strength loc-tite. It should sit flush with the head and the spark plug should seal normally since the top of the insert should be countersunk in. It sounds like this repair was done wrong, I'd suggest replacing the head. -------------------- |
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block Helicoil Mar 12, 2012 - 7:36 PM
mandrek well... if it was the spark plug it would not be t... Mar 12, 2012 - 8:10 PM block 5sfe. The previous owner said the spark plug just... Mar 12, 2012 - 8:32 PM mandrek well if you plan to boost it and you are going to ... Mar 12, 2012 - 10:04 PM block I've seen quite a few on craigslist. Ill prob... Mar 12, 2012 - 10:13 PM b22ri22an Ebay 5SFE Head
not a bad price on a head with cam... Mar 17, 2012 - 4:20 AM Smaay i have a complete 3S-GTE head with cams, valves, s... Mar 17, 2012 - 10:26 AM
mandrek isn't pressure2 doing a 5sgte on one of the b... Mar 17, 2012 - 3:33 PM |
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