Good afternoon, Klaus,
Good couple of days. Once I managed to get the remaining four studs out of the exhaust manifold side of the engine, the head became loose on the aft side.
Thus, it was loose on both front and rear sides. but not on the RH side. Turned out there was one bolt holding the front plastic cover to the head. Once removed, we were able to lift the head off the block with comparative ease.
The head gasket is discoloured black between number two and number three cylinders.
Some lesser discolouration between number one and number two.
This is on the upper [head] side of the gasket. Lower side looks clean.
I will try to upload some pictures.
Bob
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