Slant Six Rebuild Price

pull the head and check the bores. If they are smooth, Id suspect something else. Did he do a compression or a leakdown test? If your burning a quart an hour, and your bores are not ditched, I think your guides or valve seals are gone. A valve job is like $70 for a 6 if you take the head in. How long do you want to keep it? 81-86 is going to be a hydro lifter motor. Hydros had a head that had large pushrod holes for lifter removal, the earlier solid heads usually had smaller pushrod holes. also something about a protrusion on the head by the alternator that was hydro head specific