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Just go to EBAY and look at the top end gasket kits for content. Would not recommend purchasing there but the descriptions are pretty good. There may also be other parts that need to be serviced while you have the head off. If you have considerable milage on the car, have the head reworked at NAPA if USA or other reputable machine shop. Timing belts and associated parts would be indicated also. If you want to do it yourself you will need a good shop manual.
I did a chevy 16 valve 4 cyl two years ago and total parts for a job properly done came to $800.00.
That included replacing 8 bent valves and guides and $100 for a manual.[quote=”Jotmon1″ post=42220]Just go to EBAY and look at the top end gasket kits for content. Would not recommend purchasing there but the descriptions are pretty good. There may also be other parts that need to be serviced while you have the head off. If you have considerable milage on the car, have the head reworked at NAPA if USA or other reputable machine shop. Timing belts and associated parts would be indicated also. If you want to do it yourself you will need a good shop manual.[/quote]
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You can use autozone or pepboys as a reference to see what is included in their head gasket sets, too.It’s not common for head gaskets to go bad on that engine. If you don’t mind me asking, why do you think you have a head gasket problem? The reason I ask is that the most common cause of an overheat is air in the cooling system, I would check there first in the event of an overheat. Also these videos might be helpful to you as well.
Overheat video
Bleeding a cooling system
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