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SteveO July-23rd-2004 03:33 AM

Valves say: "F* YOU!"
 
Its time for a valve job. I gave it one small $5 shot of some crappy gas and now...it hates me. Alot of my money is tied up in "Project: GIFT FROM SATAN" AKA "Project: TurboII FC" and I dont wanna spend alot...so I ask:

1)How much does a valve job on a sohc usually run?

2)How hard would it be to do myself?

Any help would be...well...helpfull...yeah...Thanks!

ghettopro July-23rd-2004 04:28 AM

i dotn understand how putting cheap gas in it can make it run diff....me makes me laugh tho..

midnightblue97 July-23rd-2004 08:30 PM

Certain oil companies put lots of crap in their gas. (Esso, I'm loking in your direction). I don't think 5 dollars worth of Kerosene would cause an engine to need a valve job immediately.

A valve job, a rough guestimate I would say 300 bucks tops. But then you've still got to buy new gaskets etc......... and then labour if you don't Remove and re-instal the head yourself.
I doubt you could do the valve job yourself. The equipment to do a valve job isn't something you can pick up for a hundred bucks. Its several thousand bucks. And I doubt you'd be doing enough valve jobs to make that worth your while

UrbanRally July-24th-2004 03:07 PM

if you are gonna do a valve job i d look for some titanium ones i found some before on ebay also get new retainers and springs


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