Hi, everyone. I need help!
My head gasket failed and I am in the middle of a light-rebuild of my engine. Block had some pitting in the area of the HG failure so I had my machine shop surface the deck as well.
The head was milled 0.008" and the block 0.009". All together I have lost 0.017" or 0.43 mm.
I am wondering if I can still use OEM HG, or I need to go with Cometic HG.
Also, when I measured my used HG it was on average 0.043", but then I kept reading that compressed head gasket thickness is 0.050" on our engines. I am wondering if I made a mistake when measurements were taken.
Thank you for everyone's input.
My head gasket failed and I am in the middle of a light-rebuild of my engine. Block had some pitting in the area of the HG failure so I had my machine shop surface the deck as well.
The head was milled 0.008" and the block 0.009". All together I have lost 0.017" or 0.43 mm.
I am wondering if I can still use OEM HG, or I need to go with Cometic HG.
Also, when I measured my used HG it was on average 0.043", but then I kept reading that compressed head gasket thickness is 0.050" on our engines. I am wondering if I made a mistake when measurements were taken.
Thank you for everyone's input.