Advice please

Ricambi sells a 30k service kit on their website.

 

Most people replace the water pump but those have gone sky high in price so it probably makes sense to rebuild versus replace. My car is getting its 30K right now at Competizione and we replaced all the water hoses, exhaust ECU's and motor mounts since it was much easier with the engine out. We also replaced the belt tensioners in addition to the bearings. Most of the time the tensioner bearings are the only thing replaced but we went ahead and did the tensioner itself as well just because they were starting to show a little wear. Most people would encourage you to use Hill Engineering bearings instead of the factory units.

I'd be more worried about what caused the head gasket to blow. I don't hear of that happening often.

 

With a 13 year old car, I would replace everything in the engine bay that is rubber: unles syou know it has been recently replaced. Gas hoses, water hoses, do the manifold recal distribution block,

Along with the major service itself {belts, bearings, water pump,...}

In addtion, any time my motor is out of the bay, I detail the bay, and detail the engine, tranny, clutch housing, and suspension so the whole package looks new. At my upcomming major I will be repainting the heads.

Optional items: brake lines.

 

You will want to be thorough about checking everything. Valves, guides, liners, headers and all the usual stuff that fails. Don't get that deep into it and miss something.

As far as the waterpump, they can be rebuilt for around $150. I have contact info for that if you need it.

How many miles are on this car?

 

If you are having to ask all these questions then my question is, does the person doing the work have any experience with a 355 engine out service? Tell your friend to ask the mechanic doing the work how many 355s he has done a 30k service on. If this service is done by someone that does not have much experience with 355s then run and find the right guy. There is much more to these cars then getting the parts and replacing them.

 

top advice brother

 

Rain Man: what is your name and where are you located.

 

Well at the very least he'll need the heads and block decked.

And then there are those "since it's apart, may as well" things.

 

Ya man, you do not want someone pulling the heads and doing the timing on this engine that doesn't know what their doing. It's not a Honda Accord. The timing is critical and not to mention the head nuts are a biznatch and require a special tool etc. etc. Not doing anything is better than doing it all wrong. I was in your shoes a year ago, spent a lot time asking questions and decided to pull the engine myself and then have someone experienced repair it. I think once you have the engine block back together and cams timed, it's pretty much straight forward auto work after that other than the price of the parts.