Nicole
I bought two Nutech by ATK…
I bought two Nutech by ATK remanufactured cylinder heads from Autozone.com to make rebuilding the top end of my truck easier. I replaced every part gasket and seal under the hood except for the block. When I finally got everything done and started my truck up all of my oil puked out onto my driveway from the belly. I was sure I either blew the main seal or I didn't put the valve cover gaskets on right, so I replaced the rear main seal and replaced the valve cover gaskets and grommets again. When I started my truck the second time it did the same thing and puked out all the oil. I then removed the transmission dipstick and I was able to fit my phone in far enough to take a picture of the back of the passenger side head to see what was going on. There is a place in the back of the head that is supposed to have an oil galley plug when comparing it to the pictures provided on Autozone's website. The front side of the head is the reverse of the backside and in this same location there is not supposed to be an oil galley plug so I'm thinking now whoever built the heads they sent me built them backwards. I also had to buy a 30-dollar tool to put a lifter back on the other side's head. I first tried to contact Autozone by chat and their expert gave me a 1800 number for an alarm company. My wife found out how to contact the manufacturer and filled out a form on their website. I got an email stating that I needed to give them the serial number and gave me an 1800 number to call. I called that number and it was just a loop that continued for over 30 minutes. I then emailed the Nutech company with my purchase order number stating what was going on and asked where would the serial number be located at. I also sent them a picture where the oil galley plug was missing. I have since then not heard a word. I'm obviously going to have to buy new heads and gaskets again to do this entire project all over again. I have no faith in what they sent me. They claim to give a 1-year warranty on these heads but that's just not true. Autozone's products are great if you are into yard ornaments and having a spittin mad wife. It's a sad state of affairs when a company makes the customer responsible for their quality control issues.
