WreckITFrank
Technical Excellence Contributor
Short story is that I bought a head from Ebay. Great shape overall except for 2 cracks between valves. Seller promptly refunded me, so really I am only out the shipping which is no big deal and was agreed upon.
From extensive Internets searches and forums, it would seem as though there is no repair option, all of the posts I've seen basically state that no repair is possible, and to consider a replacement or a 300 head conversion. I have not reached out to any local machine shops either, but wondering how many are likely running this way currently or notice little to no issue.
Found someone else selling used head that showed visible cracks. Seller was aware of them and said they were no big deal and that he's been running his own with them for a while and has not seen many without.
I currently have 2, 200tdi's and no knowledge of issues with the heads, just bought a third to prep for a refresh without having too much downtime.
Do most have cracks and people just dont know it? I assume some run heads this way forever and only know if they have issues or pull them? TIA
From extensive Internets searches and forums, it would seem as though there is no repair option, all of the posts I've seen basically state that no repair is possible, and to consider a replacement or a 300 head conversion. I have not reached out to any local machine shops either, but wondering how many are likely running this way currently or notice little to no issue.
Found someone else selling used head that showed visible cracks. Seller was aware of them and said they were no big deal and that he's been running his own with them for a while and has not seen many without.
I currently have 2, 200tdi's and no knowledge of issues with the heads, just bought a third to prep for a refresh without having too much downtime.
Do most have cracks and people just dont know it? I assume some run heads this way forever and only know if they have issues or pull them? TIA