[H22AllMotor]

If you need to replace a valve, you will have to pull the cylinder head off the engine. While it is off, you should have a head shop clean up the whole head and fix the valve for you...they will have to grind the seat for the new valve anyway. The cost of fixing the one valve will not be much less than a full head rebuild anyway..might as well clean it all up and get porting or oversized valves done as well if you have some extra $.

 

[H22AllMotor]

$700 bucks....that's a little on the heavy side unless you are getting the Honda dealer to do it. If you pull the head yourself and take it to the head shop it should not cost that much. I took my head to a local import performance machine shop and they did the full resurface, valve grind, valve seats, stem seals, everything for $250 plus parts ( another $200 ). And that's in Canadian $ (about $300 US ).

 

[H22AllMotor]

And my point was that while the head was off why do a half-assed job to fix one or two valves when you can go through the whole head and get everything perfect and equal. For the extra few bucks it is well worth it to have an entirely new head with equal valve seating for more equal compression and power across the 4 cylinders.

 

[H22AllMotor]

The original thread asked about replacing valves......not rebuilding the cylinder head.