Blown head gasket

[h1h0silver]

how can i tell if the heads are good or not? do they have to go to a shop?

 

[F-22 Raptor SHO]

how can i tell if the heads are good or not? do they have to go to a shop?

Yea a shop will do a couple of things: check for a crack by using a magnaflux process (dont know if they can do that on an aluminum head though). they will also check for warpage.

 

[SHOoff89]

Since it is all torn apart anyway, you might just want to pick up a used set of heads and replace the ones that are on there just to be safe. Before I found the forum, I thought I had a head gasket problem. After tearing down the entire top end of the motor, I found that I did not blow a head gasket. I ended up putting the heads back on the car and it still ran the same. In hindsight, I really should have had heads tested before I reused them, but I was short on cash and time. What I think you should do is just pick some heads up from someone here on the forum or on ebay just to be safe.

 

[h1h0silver]

if i was to get a set of heads might as well have them modified, right? no sense in doing it twice. could a large amount of that radiator fix-a-leak crap get into the heads and cause the ports to get blocked. because that stuff hardens right? and does anybody know what the "jelly" substance that i found might be? i would really like to get this thing running again because its in good condition and an engine would be hard to find in hawaii.