White smoke coming out of driver's side tail pipe
10-23-2005, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gman2004
How many hours would it take to replace a head gasket? What should I expect to pay to have a head gasket replaced?
10-23-2005, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by g356gear
Same as doing a cam swap....probably 12-14 hrs with the motor in the car.
10-23-2005, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Gman2004
Do you have access to retorque the bolts while swaping a gasket?
10-23-2005, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JETPILOT
With that kind of boost wouldn't it be silly not to O-ring the head and block?
10-23-2005, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by g356gear
If I remember correctly the head bolts are underneath the camshafts.....so the cams would have to come out to check the head bolt torques anyhow. You are looking at maybe only an extra hour labour to do the gasket as opposed to just checking the headbolts.
correct, cams need to be removed to access the head bolts
10-23-2005, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JETPILOT
I don't know much about the VQ. Someone has to be the first to do it. I guess as demand grows someone will do it eventually.
10-24-2005, 06:51 AM
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I don't know much about the VQ. Someone has to be the first to do it. I guess as demand grows someone will do it eventually.
10-26-2005, 06:49 AM
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ok the chit is fuked up down here. our infastructure is pretty damaged. I am at work so I am able to get on the net. anyway, as soon as the power comes back i will take the car to the shop to get a compression/leak down test and pressure test the radiator. if it is anything major the car is going to be shipped to SGP since they built the motor and I bought the warranty. I don't know exactly what the warranty cover, but if there is major damage I hope it falls under warranty.
10-26-2005, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by roncfpz
Hope it's back up and running soon and covered under warranty. Good
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are you joking? how in the world would the factory warranty cover a built motor?
10-26-2005, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by t32gzz
Not the factory warranty.. the SGP warranty.
oh, my bad...sorry
.,.yah, if something internally is confirmed, then hopefully they will cover it! 
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