Hi,
A few days have passed, and I still am too nervous to start taking things off the engine… what with the apparently crunchy cam and all…
Now, all I want to do right now is try to replace the head gasket. The FSM includes an exploded view of the entire head (valves, spring, rocker arm, blah blah blah)… do I need to go that nuts in order to change the head gasket??? Looks like I can take the entire head off without disassembling it, is this true??
Ok, since I have never done anything other than taking parts that I can easily put back in (like, muffler, seats, struts, etc… basically, screw-comes-off, screw-goes-back-on, and use a block of wood or hammer to make things fit, type of deal), what can I do with the engine at home? Can I replace piston rings myself (suppose the head comes off as a piece)? What else can I do?? Timing-chain-related issues??
Oh, and this is with the engine inside the car… how do you test an engine outside of the car??? As in, how do you test compression?? (since it needs me to crank the engine with the key…)
Thank you.