For most of you that have done this, getting that heavy ***** cylinder head out of the engine bay is a pain in the butt (in my case my back) but thats not my main problem. after pulling it and resting for a minute i looked to see if there was any cylinder wall damage and for the most part it looks good but i see a couple of the back cylinder walls have little rusty bumps in one little area on the wall of each of the back 4 walls. anyone know if I would have to go get this machined or can I do something about it in my garage? i do not have a camera at this point due to my father borrowing it. so if anyone can point me in the right direction with out them that would be awesome!

 

just clean them up with some fine sand paper wipe the cyl out real good after as long as they are not deep pits you should be ok water was prob in them from head being bad i figure thats why you removed it

 

how fine is fine? and yea blown head gasket

 

220s good just nake it smooth dont bore it out lol

 

got a strait edge or long level thats straight make sure the heads not warped and make sure theres no hair line cracks now the time to check

 

Most cyclinder hones are between 180 and 320 grit. However I have never taken sand paper to a cyclinder wall so maybe someone else can chime in.

When I did my head gasket I had a local shop due the head work. For $200 they gave it a valve job and resurfaced it to fix my coolant leak. I would get the Fel-pro gasket set, $80, as it has every gasket you will need for the job.

Good luck.

 

thanks guys! i already got the felpro gasket set. i think since its such a small area of rust im going to try the sandpaper. once again thank you both for your input!

 

you just want to clean it up not dig into it

 

well I actually have another question. i just noticed that the 2 back and 2 front pistons are at the same level but the 2 middle pistons are lower in the block. is that normal? this is my first time ever doing this by the way

 

yep

 

Dude your awesome! thanks for the fast responses

 

any time

 

thats what we are on here for been a mechanic all my life had my xj 15 year been there done that

 

just looked at your profile i was born in ill small world peoria ill 1961

 

haha wow man it really is a small world!