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brucepick · 02-26-2011, 09:12 PM

Wonderboy - thanks! EX is still humming, eh?

Update:
Lean Burn Civic rides again! My mechanic friend got the head back on today and it runs like a top. So far I only have about 30 miles on the rebuilt head but I do believe I have a good-running fuel sipper on my hands.

One valve was burned, giving 65 psi compression in that cylinder. The shop replaced four valves and eight valve guides, and all new valve seals. Plus the usual cleaning, pressure testing, milling it flat, yada yada.

02-26-2011, 09:12 PM	#26 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Lean Burn Civic Rides Again! Wonderboy - thanks! EX is still humming, eh? Update: Lean Burn Civic rides again! My mechanic friend got the head back on today and it runs like a top. So far I only have about 30 miles on the rebuilt head but I do believe I have a good-running fuel sipper on my hands. One valve was burned, giving 65 psi compression in that cylinder. The shop replaced four valves and eight valve guides, and all new valve seals. Plus the usual cleaning, pressure testing, milling it flat, yada yada. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016. Last edited by brucepick; 02-26-2011 at 09:21 PM..