cylinder head repair 2.0tfsi

**mcmolloy** · 20-09-2018,11:02 AM

Bad news from the engineering shop. Head is cracked and is not repairable

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I see new heads available from china for £440 delivered, would these be ok? I think its unlikely to pick up a secondhand one from a breakers, have contacted a few breakers and they have sold
their engines complete.

**Crasher** · 20-09-2018,11:48 AM

A genuine exchange built up head, without cams, is £1500. The http://www.tantivy.com/?page_id=216&lang=en could be OK but I would use the AMC head

**mcmolloy** · 20-09-2018,12:08 PM

What's an AMC head? I can't spend £1500 the car simply isn't worth it. After some googling I have found a s/hand one in the Netherlands and another on in the U.S.

**mcmolloy** · 20-09-2018,12:49 PM

I have contacted the company in your link for a price,will see what they come back with..
Thanks again

**Crasher** · 20-09-2018,10:19 PM

AMC are a respected Spainish company that makes aftermarket heads, one for your engine is around £800 for a bare unit. Do you have the special tools available for setting up the chains?

**mcmolloy** · 21-09-2018,08:48 AM

I have this kit:
timing-kit.jpg

also getting some help from a retired mechanic so I'm depending on him to get the timing chains sorted...

**Crasher** · 21-09-2018,09:15 AM

I can't tell what that kit is, it isn't genuine, AST or Laser but I can see it is missing the TDC spark plug adapter equivalent to T10170A and a matching dial gauge plus a decent set of vernier calipers. The kit you have needs to contain equivalents to

T10352
T10355
T40011
T40243
T40267
T40271 1 and 2

**mcmolloy** · 21-09-2018,09:56 AM

Yeah it's a cheapo kit I bought online just to get this job done as I'm never going to use it again. The brand name on it is ASTA. I saw on the Erwin docs I downloaded that it was missing those, but hopefully I can work
around them.
With hindsight the car should have been scrapped but I've gone this far with it so I will finish it.

**Crasher** · 22-09-2018,06:48 PM

I can’t see you working around the dial gauge and vernier measurement, they are critical, even a ting angle change on the crank causes a big change on the gauge, there is very little dwell at TDC.

**mcmolloy** · 22-09-2018,09:48 PM

Ok thanks, I will have another look at the timing procedure later, main problem for now is finding a head that won't cost the earth.
Didn't get a reply from Tantivy yet, there is a guy on fleabay selling chinese heads with valves, but he won't say who manufactures them so the quality could be dubious