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how much about to overhaul a cylinder head (325i)

or how much would a recon be

If its cracked I wouldn't bother. They are Ԛ£500 for agood one from GSF + gasket set.

To remove an uncracked cylinder head from a M20B25 engine, do to it what should be done, and refit it, I reckon on spending about Ԛ£300, not including labour for removal and refitting.

looks like ur gonna b doin wot i done this weekend.....

its not cracked

ive ajusted the tappets twice and it still sounds rattley

TheRealest wrote:looks like ur gonna b doin wot i done this weekend.....

How did it go fella, coz i did not see you at lakeside

we turnt up there bout 11:30 to be the only people there, so went up southend and harassed the clubs!!!

all went ok though as u can see its all out, still yet to take the head to cranks and bearings but when i do if theres any problems i'll b contactin u.

maybe my car will b attendin the next meetin... (gotta hav hope aint ya)

TheRealest wrote:looks like ur gonna b doin wot i done this weekend.....

Snap !!!


Mine's cleaner than yours !!

at the moment!

I was supprissed at the amount of "lip" at the top of the bores on a block with 160,000 Miles on it....

kam-325i wrote:I was supprissed at the amount of "lip" at the top of the bores on a block with 160,000 Miles on it....

All the BMW engines I've opened up (even 200,000 mile + ones) have still had the cross hatching on the bores visible, and not the slightest trace of a lip anywhere. Aftermarket air filter?

Brianmoooore wrote:

kam-325i wrote:I was supprissed at the amount of "lip" at the top of the bores on a block with 160,000 Miles on it....

All the BMW engines I've opened up (even 200,000 mile + ones) have still had the cross hatching on the bores visible, and not the slightest trace of a lip anywhere. Aftermarket air filter?

I meant that there was no lip there that i could "feel". you could see where the rings came too, but no lip that could be felt, even with fingernail....

There is some hatching visable on the bores on mine...

hmmm, Ԛ£500 for a recon head?
I need to get my head off for new valve stem seals and the exhaust manifold studs are buggered
I was thinking a recon head and new Stainless Steel studs would have been a better option than buggering around with the existing head. Mebbe not.
What could I get for a non-recon head with dodgy studs but uncracked and otherwise good?

Ԛ£80 - 100 ish