Emerscape
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Boston, MA
I sent my jeep in to get the cylinder head replaced a month or so ago, ended up getting the wrong cylinder head from everdrive, sent it back and ended up getting a new one from Clearwater Cylinder Head. Great customer service and quick shipping, but after having it installed and the jeep being driven by my mechanic for about 150 miles, I picked up the jeep and drove it about 20 miles until something went wrong. All of a sudden the jeep lost power and started to stutter and shake, finally dying when I came a stop. I started it back up and was able to limp home. My mechanic look at it this evening and said the #5 exhaust valve spring had broken.
Is this something that is common to have an exhaust valve spring break? Should I be worried to damage to other areas to the engine? The cylinder head has a warranty on it, so I'll be calling tomorrow to see what the next steps are.. But they are probably going to just send me a new head, should I be concerned about the springs or is it probably just a defective spring?
Is this something that is common to have an exhaust valve spring break? Should I be worried to damage to other areas to the engine? The cylinder head has a warranty on it, so I'll be calling tomorrow to see what the next steps are.. But they are probably going to just send me a new head, should I be concerned about the springs or is it probably just a defective spring?