about rebuild the lanos cylinder head

greatiliad · Post by **greatiliad** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:52 pm

I got this lanos as a used car. and the timing failed due to a bad pulley.
After I pulled the cylinder head off, I found that the head gasket is not the OEM parts. Probably, the head was rebuild before.
My question is IF the head can be rebuilt again? does it hurt too much??

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:16 pm

if the timing belf failed you will have to rebuild, PERIOD. just make sure that the mateing surface is totaly flush, have it milled if you have to. if yuo dont make it flush it will not work correctly, it will prolly blow the head gasket soon, and you will be doing the gasket again

mrbnew · Post by **mrbnew** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:20 pm

Sounds like someone changed the belt without bothering with the other service items... Sucks when that happens.

greatiliad · Post by **greatiliad** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:34 pm

yes, really suck
they did not change the pulley and tensioner.
even ,they did not adjust the tension of the belt(I guess they did not have the adjuster tool), So I think the belt is too tight and damaged the pulley finally.

this is my first car, befor I got it, I know nothing about car. This car looks good and has low mileage, so I bought it.
Now, I pulled the cylinder head off by my self like a mechanic and other all kinds of jobs in my back yard, which is a real tragedy.

This is supposed to be a call-back,I think, the timing system failed on every lanos before 60k mile. the manufactur should pay that.