Cylinder heads

Jim DeShon · Post by **Jim DeShon** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:47 am

I am getting ready to pull my 1800 out of storage and tear the motor down in a couple of weeks. Can someone tell me which cylinder heads fit this motor and what the differences are ? As I remember, the last time I did valves on this thing [probably a dozen or more years ago], it had a couple of valve seats that were getting very deep. I think I'll just replace the head. ...J.D.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:52 am

any of the 1800 heads will fit, but the emission fittings are different between some years. A 2L head will also fit, but will drop compression slightly and of course has a different egr set up than the 1800

Jim DeShon · Post by **Jim DeShon** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:06 am

Thanks MarK...J.D.

Spyderbuddy · Post by **Spyderbuddy** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:56 am

mark i have an oil leak on the exhaust side of my engine looks to be right under the cylinder head at the front of the engine it started up lately since i've got the car back out to drive got any clues

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:08 pm

there are two exhaust studs that are open into the cyl head where oil lays, between valve springs. If those studs are loose, or don't have thread sealer on them, you'll get lots of oil leaking there. You might also check the tightness of the cam box bolts, I use a spec of 18lbs of torque on them.

Spyderbuddy · Post by **Spyderbuddy** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:03 pm

thanks i will check that, but what type of sealer to use since there is heat

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:11 pm

any type of thread sealant will work; gasket sealer, thread locker, etc and make sure the studs (not the nuts) are tight into the head. The two studs that go into oil are the 2nd from the front and 2nd from the rear of the head