Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted July 8, 2007 I'm currently stripping down a 16v head from a bottom end that has seized, due to a nasty oil leak on the air/oil cooler. Bottom end is rogered, but was hoping that the head would be OK. On removing the caps, the journals look heavily scratched and worn, with a lot of ridges (running your nail across it). Same with the cams. There is a lot of metal hanging around the head too, given that there is filter basket in the head I doubt this would be from the bottom end. Pictures don't do the damage justice, but what do you think? Camshaft Bearing Caps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James_R 3 Posted July 8, 2007 hard to say from a picture, they don't look good but not totally awful only way to really tell if to clean up the damage then plastigauge them. If all else fails I've got a spare Mi head still on an engine you can have Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted July 9, 2007 Its an S16 head........Got one of those spare? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petert 586 Posted July 9, 2007 I reuse the head/cams. They don't need to be perfect like a crank. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
