I've been told the 6th cylinder of my engine is.

The service department at the dealership told me the entire 6th cylinder unit needed replacement. The engine light came on and was blinking. I had it towed, and they originally said it could be fixed with a heli coil (not sure of spelling). Two weeks after the heli coil was put in, the same thing happened again. That's when they told me there was no compression in 6th cylinder and it needed replacement. That's why I'm trying to find out if this repair requires the engine to be removed, or if the cyclinder is in the front or back of the engine. I don't know what you mean by a valve issue, but I'm assuming they did some test to diagnose this problem. What do you think?

Well, he definitely told me the entire unit needed replacement, so I no he didn't say anything about the cylinder liner. I don't have any paperwork on the repair at the moment, but I plan to go and get a written estimate on Monday. I'll get back to you then. Thank you so much.

Hi, I have more information now and am following up our previous conversation. I double checked and found out that what they want to do is replace the cylinder head on the 6th cylinder. Apparently they tried to fix the cylinder by using a helicoil and this did not work, so now they say the entire cylinder head needs to be replaced. Is this a common problem? It's a very expensive repair.

Also, I spoke to another mechanic at a different repair place, and he suggested a different type of repair that might work that would be faster and cheaper. He suggested drilling a larger hole where the spark plug is and replacing it with a larger spark plug. He said this would work even though it would be a different type of spark plug than the others that are used in the car. Does this sound like something that might work to you? Would it be safe to have different types of spark plugs in the car?

I really need my car fixed, but really don't have $2,000 to fix it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this suggestion about the timesert. I will talk to them tomorrow morning and see what they have to say about this idea. If they don't seem to be receptive, I'll have to try someplace else. I really appreciate your help with this. I'll let you know what happens. Happy Thanksgiving!