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  1. cucvrus

    Burnt valve on 6.2

    WOW. I never seen a dipstick that went into the block. My dipstick goes into the oil pan and connects to the exhaust manifold. I have a few CUCV 6.2 engine blocks laying around if you want to start over and build an engine during the winter months. I liked your analogy of the situation. All that...
  2. cucvrus

    Burnt valve on 6.2

    Get it good and dry and clean it up. i would try JB Weld. Maybe. That stinks bad.
  3. cucvrus

    Burnt valve on 6.2

    The heads you removed my still be serviceable. I would take them to a reputable machine shop and have the checked out. The valve seats can be re-seated and the heads can be useful again. I am sure there are a lot of guys driving CUCV's with bad head gaskets at this point in time and hardly even...
  4. cucvrus

    Burnt valve on 6.2

    I you can zoom in on these heads they have the same pock marks from corrosion. These came off a 13K motor that sat with no hood. I had them machined and everything gone over on them. They are back on my M1008 project. I am a firm believer in replacing the original head gaskets at this point in...
  5. cucvrus

    Burnt valve on 6.2

    That looks like water damage to me. Like it had water sitting in it and rusted. Maybe a leaking head gasket at that cylinder. Just thinking out loud. Lower left looks like the compression seal was leaking and allowing water to seep in. Low mileage means it sat a lot and had time to corrode.
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