Anyone can replace a starter. Not everyone can pull a head, replace a timing chain, or do a head gasket job that doesn't come back six months later. We've been in the bottom end of GM, Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, VW, and Honda engines for years. We know what fails, why, and how to fix it so it stays fixed. A Supercanic location — same standards, same warranty as the rest of the network.
Before we open anything up we test every cylinder. Compression numbers tell us if a head gasket is gone, if rings are worn, or if a valve is bent. Leak-down tells us where the leak is — past the rings, into the cooling system, into the intake, or out the exhaust valve.
We pull spark plugs and use a borescope to look inside each cylinder. Carbon buildup? Scoring on the cylinder walls? Coolant pooled on a piston top? We see it before we commit to the repair plan.
Based on the diagnostics we tell you: repair (head gasket, timing chain, valve job), rebuild (bottom end with new bearings and rings), or replace (used engine, reman engine, or new long block). We quote you all three when they're all options.
Heads come off, get sent to a machine shop for crack-testing and resurfacing. Timing components inspected and replaced as a set (you don't replace just the chain — you replace tensioners, guides, gears at the same time).
Every torque value, every torque sequence, every angle. Head bolts (TTY where required), main caps, rod caps, cam caps — all to spec. New gaskets, new bolts where torque-to-yield is used. No corners cut.
Initial fire-up with proper break-in oil where needed. Compression re-test. Leak check. Full road test. Re-torque on certain engines after 500 miles. You get a vehicle that runs like it should.
Standard on most repairs. Parts and labor. If something we touched fails, we fix it again — no charge, no argument. That's how locally-owned shops have to operate.
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