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Headgasket trouble? 900 1997

posted by  Amarin on  Thu May 19 11:19 CST 2022
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Dear Metallo,

Firstly nothing to worry about

That cylinder head "defect" in the red box mates to a coolant passage (ie.hole) on the block. So its not important for that "defect" to be perfect flat.

Try putting the head momentarily onto the block and see what I meant


"How can I be sure that no aluminum debris ended up in any of the passageways?"
--> Blow strong air into all the passages ie. workshop air or canned air

"I assume I have to oil again the valves before I re-assembling the camshaft, correct?"
--> No if you meant to pour oil into the intake and exhaust ports to lubricate the valves
--> Yes if you meant to pour generous amount of oil onto the entire assembly ie. after putting the valve buckets + shim + camshaft. Do this ONLY after you've bolted the head onto the block. Don't want any oil spill onto the cleaned mating surfaces

Amarin






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