cylinder head
 

i have bad intake valves and its causing my car to smoke horribly and lose power. does anyone know where i can find a new cylinder head? or would it be cheaper to get the valves fixed?

RE: cylinder head
 

doesn't have to be a new head, can be remanufactured. its an '84

RE: cylinder head
 

Why not the head gone through and put in new intake valves? New guides, seals, etc. What makes you think the valves are bad?

RE: cylinder head
 

You know it is the Intake valves and not the Piston rings or for that matter it jumped timing and the valve is slightly bent?

RE: cylinder head
 

no idea that is just my guess from taking a few things apart i need to have it checked out by someone with more knowledge of these things. besides who knows i might just get rid of it

RE: cylinder head
 

my engine is spitting oil into the intake, thats why i say intake valves

RE: cylinder head
 

Well,
Oil in the intake is not abnormal. Every 944 and 951 I have had and that is now (4) there was oil residue in the throttle body and intake. Porshce Guidence is about 1qt of oil every 1500 miles (according to the owners manuel).
I don't know where you are at, but I would recommend that before you take of the head. Which is a hell of a job for the inexperinced. Take it to a dealership. I know there prices are outragous, but they estimate based on what the book says it takes in hours and in the end I have found that the dealership price is normally lower that non-dealership and the work is so much better.

Nine out of Ten times at the dealership one of the Mech will have one of thoes cars and know it from front to back. It cost a bit but I promise in the end it is worth it.

RE: cylinder head
 

i've done a few heads before so that part doesn't bother me. when you say oil residue do you mean just a little bit of oil in there. because i have a lake until i remove it, this happens about once a week.