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New cylinder head
by
silvertdi
on 25 Sep, 2008 19:08
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Has anyone tried those new cylinder heads that seem very affordable? Are they Chinese knockoffs? Are they any good? Thanks.
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#1
by
burn_your_money
on 25 Sep, 2008 19:10
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Link to what you are talking about?
There has been some dicussion on "new" heads on here in the past
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#2
by
Vincent Waldon
on 25 Sep, 2008 19:12
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If you search on this board for the vendor's name you'll find quite a few conversations.... probably quicker than opening this can of worms... again !! :wink:
Same trick will work on the Diesel forum on VWVortex.
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#3
by
burn_your_money
on 25 Sep, 2008 19:14
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Oh those heads... :roll:
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#4
by
jimfoo
on 25 Sep, 2008 19:25
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My TDI head has been good so far, but I can't say either way for my IDI head. Something failed, but I can't say if it was the head or piston, but the head ended up worthless.
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#5
by
silvertdi
on 25 Sep, 2008 19:34
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#6
by
Vincent Waldon
on 25 Sep, 2008 20:13
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No worries... my suggestion was really about saving you time, since you should be able to dig up a whack of conversations quickly.
Personally I'm a disinterested bystander !!
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#7
by
Smokey Eddy
on 26 Sep, 2008 01:57
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I'm ordering one of "those heads" shortly. It seems the only affordable alternative for those wanting to keep their diesel and doesn't have thousands to spend on OEM/or equiv. parts.
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#8
by
Riverfurm
on 26 Sep, 2008 02:38
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I got a head manufactured by TopLine, it was complete ready to bolt on. I had to drill out the boss for the alt. bracket. Got about 600 miles on it. Also have TopLine engine bearings installed. So far so good.
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#9
by
zukgod1
on 26 Sep, 2008 06:28
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I got a head manufactured by TopLine, it was complete ready to bolt on. I had to drill out the boss for the alt. bracket. Got about 600 miles on it. Also have TopLine engine bearings installed. So far so good.
I sure hope you didnt install Top Line rings... :shock:
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#10
by
saurkraut
on 26 Sep, 2008 10:04
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I bought a new 1.9 cylinder kopf and some other diesel krap from these guys:
Ebay Store:
vwmotorsWeb Page:
Quality German Auto PartsThey claimed the zylinder kopf was made in Europe off of the same tooling used for the production units sent to VW.
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#11
by
burn_your_money
on 26 Sep, 2008 17:17
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If it came down to scrapping my car or buying a chinese head, that chinese head would be on there in a hurry.
Really though, I would much prefer a used OEM head with cracks between the valves
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#12
by
belchfire
on 29 Sep, 2008 21:08
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Bought one off E-Bay and since his other stuff was Chinese maybe this one is too. Nonetheless, I put my old guts in it and it seems OK. This was the 1.6 IDI turbo hydraulic application. Runs like crap though. Everything is dead nuts with new injectors too but compression is 265psi and starting is holy hell. What I have noticed (when it does run) is that the temperature really rises under heavy boost ( I installed an oil cooler to no avail).
One word of advise is to grind the seats. They are just thrown in and will not seal.
Refer to "destroy all lifters" for more fun with this engine.
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#13
by
Smokey Eddy
on 29 Sep, 2008 22:44
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im getting a 1.9aaz from prothe.
Can i reuse my spings and lifters (i know i can use the 1.6 lifters but springs too?)
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#14
by
saurkraut
on 01 Oct, 2008 13:36
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im getting a 1.9aaz from prothe.
Can i reuse my spings and lifters (i know i can use the 1.6 lifters but springs too?)
Do you have a mechanical or hydraulic 1.6 head?
I've noticed that my temperature has been swinging for no apparent reason and am concerned there may be a problem with the head. If these are good, perhaps they could be an alternative to the scouring, teardown, machining, etc of a head that will have cracks between the valves from the get-go. Thanks.