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So let me get this straight. You're going to go through allllllllllll the work of removing the factory junk 0331 head (this is fact, not opinion) to simply slap a new headgasket in there, then bolt the old junk factory head, which will most definitely crack, BACK onto the new headgasket? I'm not sure how that makes sense to you but uhhhhhhhhh
FWIW my cousins head gasket went on his 2000 XJ. He had the head tested and machined, no cracks. Put it back together with a new gasket and 30k miles later it is still good. Not what I would have done, but to each his own. As long as it has been machined and tested you should be fine.
and a friend has a 2000 and has 280k on the original head. no issues. He has taken very good care of the Jeep. Never had overheating issues, and has always had all the fluids changed by the book.
Last edited by mikesignal; 12-28-2016 at 08:47 AM.
FWIW my cousins head gasket went on his 2000 XJ. He had the head tested and machined, no cracks. Put it back together with a new gasket and 30k miles later it is still good. Not what I would have done, but to each his own. As long as it has been machined and tested you should be fine.
and a friend has a 2000 and has 280k on the original head. no issues. He has taken very good care of the Jeep. Never had overheating issues, and has always had all the fluids changed by the book.
12-28-2016, 03:54 AM
