RCS
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I have a C16XE head currently at an engineering shop waiting to have some work done on it. I gave it to them with the cams on so that the tappets wouldn't fall out when I was carrying it etc, and they want an hours labour to take them off! Also they said something about de-hydraulicing the tappets - costing me 35 quid? I read in the haynes manual that you just take them out and submerge them in oil? Im not really clued up on this so I just want to know if they are trying to pull a fast one?
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Dave A
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remove cams= 10 mins
what work u having done?
never de-hydraulicingised(sp) the tappets tho
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RCS
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Its needing welded in places then skimmed, and a bolt drilled out. But I'm trying to get another head instead of having this work done. I just want to know what de-hydraulicing the tappets means?
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James R
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It's means you don't knwo what they are talkign about will say yes to another £35, and an hours labour to take out the cams, that's 5mins at best.
I'd take it to another place tbh.
AJBek on migweb is selling a head for tha engine for £40 at the mo, have a look in the forsays, he's in scotland somewhere.
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RCS
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So basically they are ripping me off yes?
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RCS
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Oh, and its a C16XE head I want. I bought AJBek's bottom end off him on Sunday!
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James R
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I fail to see what would be wrong with using the X16XE head, esp at £40 too.
And yes they are ghey lords.
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RCS
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It was only the cylinder head he was selling, no inlet etc, I have all the parts for C16XE.
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miles
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C16XE inlet etc would fit the X16XE head?
They are pulling a fast one.
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RCS
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Yeah the inlet etc for the C16XE will probably fit the X16XE, but in that case I'd just use my X14XE head anyway.
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James R
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the early X14XE heads are the same as the C16XE heads anyways 
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RCS
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How early? My X14XE is in a 1996 car. I thought the C16XE was unique in the fact it had slightly larger exhaust valves?
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James R
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It's the port shape that is different on the C16XE's it won't hurt the engine to run a different head, it will still work.
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RCS
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Yeah the inlet ports are a different shape! So if I use the X14 head, and the C16 inlet manifold etc, what would happen to the EGR on the X14 head?
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James R
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the inlet manifold on the C16 just blocks it off the C16 head has the EGR bit cast in to it anyways.
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