Rb20det Blown Head

[soundtone]

Hey people I'm new to this forum and this is my first question.

Last night I loooked at an R32 GTS-4 and judging by the milky oil under oil cap and bubbles coming through the radiator, it has a blown head.

The price tag is $7,500 and but he said he'd sell it for $6,500.

It's a nice car other than the engine but it will need a new head. I'm just wondering what would be the approximate price to get the head fixed up on the RB20DET?

[krayzie32]

Anywhere from $1200 to $2500 depending if its straight gasket install to new head bolts headservice new tbelt & waterpump while your at it... Depending on what its got tere a few r32 still running well you can pick up for close to what hes asking but we dont know the car in question

[krayzie32]

Or you can do stagea rb25 conversion at $2-3.5k tops

[soundtone]

Thanks for the info krazyzie32.

I've been doing a little research and have found out that the slight milky residue in the oil cap could just be a build up of moisture due to the cold weather and the fact that the guy hasn't driven the car up to operation temperature for a while. It has been sitting out in the open in a car park at his work for a number of weeks. It's not a brown colour and it's not a massive build up, simple a few droplets of water making it look whitish. I'm thinking and hoping it's condensation.

There is no milky residue on the dipstick which is a good sign. I'll have to check for sure that there are no bubbles in the radiator while it's idling. Also I will make sure there is no white smoke coming out the exhaust and check that there is no coolant smell.

[gotRICE?]

there must be a reason it hasnt been up to temp?

Take it for a drive, and if it cooks dont buy it

[BenSm]

Hey people I'm new to this forum and this is my first question.

Last night I loooked at an R32 GTS-4 and judging by the milky oil under oil cap and bubbles coming through the radiator, it has a blown head.

The price tag is $7,500 and but he said he'd sell it for $6,500.

It's a nice car other than the engine but it will need a new head. I'm just wondering what would be the approximate price to get the head fixed up on the RB20DET?

Do a compression test and a radiator pressure test. but the 25 idea sounds great,

[soundtone]

I bought the car for $6250 and yep it was just condensation in the engine! It hadn't been driven for ages, just started up once a week but never got up to operating temperature. I took it for a bit of a spin and a little bit more white milky crap acumulated and now nothing!! It's all sweet!

So happy. I'm loving this car!