Head gasket surface cleaning
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+1 lightest touch will do it. A lot safer than many methods - I started with te plastic razorblade but it wasn't tough enough. Used a real one and got paranoid. Found an awesome local guy and they came back clean as a whistle. Sometimes you just have to call the pros!
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Some times you can get away with it, many have, but it is never a good idea.
generally it is going to take 4-5 thousandths to not only clean a head up, but to make it flat and square, my rule of thumb is one thousandth per cylinder is what is going to take, a inline 6 will take more than a V6.
That is also how much I allow for being out of square.
generally it is going to take 4-5 thousandths to not only clean a head up, but to make it flat and square, my rule of thumb is one thousandth per cylinder is what is going to take, a inline 6 will take more than a V6.
That is also how much I allow for being out of square.