So I gotta vent, it's about machine shops.
My yearlong saga with this Ford truck I have could have been stopped by an honest machine shop that could've told me I had a cracked head. But instead they say they checked it and it's all good, 500 bucks later I put said head back in, and white smoke pours out of the exhaust.
Almost a year later, I replaced the entire block and figure that same head was not to be the cause, so I stupidly put it back on. Starts up for 20 minutes just fine like a proper break in, I'm feeling good and high fivin the wife. Then I come down later to drain the coolant and take the radiator cap off and there is oil in there. DAMN! So I figure I'll flush the radiator out and check again to be sure. Guess what! You guessed it still crappy.
So today I just purchased a reman'd head from Rock Auto, has a 12 month warranty on it, and sent a s###ty email to said machine shop. We'll see how it all goes. I'm guessin it will run perfect after replacing the whole engine.
On the plus side, after removing and installing the head twice, should be a four hour job. I'm certainly ready to go all Rambo on someone from that damn machine shop if it doesn't.
My yearlong saga with this Ford truck I have could have been stopped by an honest machine shop that could've told me I had a cracked head. But instead they say they checked it and it's all good, 500 bucks later I put said head back in, and white smoke pours out of the exhaust.
Almost a year later, I replaced the entire block and figure that same head was not to be the cause, so I stupidly put it back on. Starts up for 20 minutes just fine like a proper break in, I'm feeling good and high fivin the wife. Then I come down later to drain the coolant and take the radiator cap off and there is oil in there. DAMN! So I figure I'll flush the radiator out and check again to be sure. Guess what! You guessed it still crappy.
So today I just purchased a reman'd head from Rock Auto, has a 12 month warranty on it, and sent a s###ty email to said machine shop. We'll see how it all goes. I'm guessin it will run perfect after replacing the whole engine.
On the plus side, after removing and installing the head twice, should be a four hour job. I'm certainly ready to go all Rambo on someone from that damn machine shop if it doesn't.