Cracked Head

[LordByron]

My 2000 Grand Cherokee started loosing water very slowly and eventually resulted in loss of oil presure. Car now has 185,400 miles. Cracked Head! Manufacture date is 5/00. I have decided to scrap the car. Cast Iron is a superior material for a cylinder head for a cast iron engine, but not if you don't cast it right.

 

[outlander]

Scrap it...really?
Donate it to the trolls:gee:

 

[birchlakeXJ]

The infamous "0331 Jeep Cylinder Head" strikes again.

 

[crimsondragon]

Thanks for the...heads up?

 

[Kevin108]

If you can do the work yourself, you're only looking at about $600 for the parts. I recently did mine. Are you sure you don't want to know where to order a new head?

 

[5-90]

My 2000 Grand Cherokee started loosing water very slowly and eventually resulted in loss of oil presure. Car now has 185,400 miles. Cracked Head! Manufacture date is 5/00. I have decided to scrap the car. Cast Iron is a superior material for a cylinder head for a cast iron engine, but not if you don't cast it right.

Any chance that head can get on the next Parts Train heading up north? I've been trying to get my grubby little paws on a #0331 - but no luck yet.

I don't care if it's cracked or warped, since I'm just going to cut it up anyhow...

 

[FlexdXJ]

My 2000 Grand Cherokee started loosing water very slowly and eventually resulted in loss of oil presure. Car now has 185,400 miles. Cracked Head! Manufacture date is 5/00. I have decided to scrap the car. Cast Iron is a superior material for a cylinder head for a cast iron engine, but not if you don't cast it right.

Giving up a little too easily there aren't ya! Its a casting that is know to crack, things happen and besides its the head that cracked not the block.

 

[robert2008]

185k isn't bad for that head to be honest. I've heard them go as soon as 120k miles.

 

[joe_peters]

GC, moving to Other Tech.