Pete in NH wrote:HI,
I just saw your question about the magnetic "stuff" and crack detection on a engine head. That only works as far as I know on a cast iron head. The head on your car is aluminum and non-magnetic, so I don't think it will work. I'm not sure how you detect carcks in an aluminum head.
tried the oil thing about 4 times... still stayed at 60 psi so i was thinking about doing a cylinder leak testing thing where you blow air in it and see where the air comes out or how much pressure u loose.. im not sure if i need to do this now that i know it could be a head gasket or something major wrong with the insides of the engine...
and thanks for letting me know its aluminum, that thought never crossed my mind... appreciate it and i guess like you said i got to decide if its worth it or not to rebuild the whole engine which may be to far gone .. has been running almost everyday for 5 years and has tons of miles on it .. maybe 300k plus 200 k i know for sure in the past 2 years cause ive seen it wrap around at least 2 times..
its a beast car and this is the only major problem i have had with it .. and they all started cause i wanted to start tuning it up and when i started replacing the vacuum lines rubber hoses spark plugs everything that cost little money everything else started breaking apart..
might just look at how much a new engine cost.. thanks for the help