'94 SL1 Acceleration problem

[sierrap615]

you could buy a new head at the saturn dealer, but it would be REALLY expencive. a junkyard is not a bad idea, but the best idea is to look for a remanufacted head. i saw a few on ebay.com a while back.

you never said anything about overheating, did the head gasket leak coolent? did you check for warpage when the head was off? is the car runing now? don't forget the cat could still be the problem.

[Aleks]

Yes, car had couple of problems in the past with radiator and belt tensioner, so it has been overheated couple of times. This could've screwed up cylinder head...
I'm still seeing oil getting into coolant. However, after I put everything back together and did a test run a day later, I've seen no performance issues at all. Car went up to 60 mph with no problem. Prior to that it wouldn't go past 40. Now it's back to the same condition.

And no, unfortunately I didn't check for warpage... I've heard that at this point it will be easier to yank an entire engine and stick it in there. What do you think?