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> Hottanking My Head!, Need Advice...
19talon92
post Sep 3 2008, 12:21 AM
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Okey...So I'm bringing my head in to be hot tanked tomorrow.. Just want to make sure its perfect... What all do I need to do before I bring it in, if anything?

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post Sep 3 2008, 02:13 AM
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take everything out.
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post Sep 3 2008, 07:27 AM
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+1 the machinist can do that for you but he might not put things back where they came from. pull everything but the valve guides and label it all so you know where to put them back
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post Sep 3 2008, 07:29 PM
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QUESTION?! how much are they charging you to hot tank it?
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post Sep 3 2008, 08:01 PM
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Go ahea and get it resurfaced while you are at it.
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post Sep 4 2008, 12:33 AM
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dads friend is hot tanking and putting in and lapping the valves for $50 :banana:

I think that is a good deal.. And like $150 to buy all valves



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post Sep 4 2008, 07:22 AM
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you are getting one hell of a deal!! :clap:
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post Sep 5 2008, 06:40 AM
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This may be a stupid question but, what is "hot tanking", and what are the benefits?
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post Sep 5 2008, 07:05 AM
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hot tanking has other names like: cook and clean, acid dip, etc

it's done at a machine shop where engine parts are soaked in a heated chemical solution that will degrease and clean the parts. The chemical they used in the past is much better than the "environmentally friendly" chemical they use today. But it still cleans things up pretty nice, just doesn't eat the rust off like it used to
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post Sep 5 2008, 11:36 AM
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Um $150 is expensive for valves. I mean you can get them for under $100 as long as your OEM stock.
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Cool. I get it now.
It's more or less like throwing stuff in an industrial parts washer. We used to do that at the tranny shop I worked for a few years. All the transmission cases we used to rebuild would get run through it, before rebuilding.
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post Sep 8 2008, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE(wickedz @ Sep 5 2008, 08:36 AM)
Um $150 is expensive for valves. I mean you can get them for under $100 as long as your OEM stock.
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$150 is expensive i thought that was quite good??? so then where can i find a new valve set for under $100?

but anyways i did not have the head hot tanked or have new valves put in, i found a complete head for $100 and im going to go pick it up today, i figured this would be cheaper then getting new valves and hot tanking my old head...
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post Sep 8 2008, 08:18 PM
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ok so It was $110 shipped

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4G63-stainl...emZ390000217414
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post Sep 8 2008, 08:34 PM
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oh...me personally i would NEVER buy anything for my DSM off of Ebay.....but thats just me...
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there are good deals but you really have to be picky and ask the seller a million questions until you are satisfied
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post Sep 9 2008, 08:10 AM
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yeah I hear ya. When I bent my valves on my 95 TSi, I got tehm all new off ebay for less then $100. Let me just say, I had no issues with them nor problems with sellers
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Depends on the seller really. 99% are great. Better than most online stores actually. But there are con artists out there. Still there's alot of great deals to be made just be careful and know what you're buying.
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