Q: I need to have a complete timing job done, my question is should I have new cylinder heads installed? I had the car since 40,000..
I was just curious because with this 4.0 I have in this Ford you have to pull the motor to replace the right rear chain. My question is since the motor is going to be broking down should I have some new heads installed? The car has been maintenance every 3000 miles.
My car has 155863 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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