[Vwdiesel] YIKES! Is this head useable?

[gary]

Cracks between the valves are pretty common. If you were running fine
beforehand, I wouldn't sweat it.

I have read some folks dimple the crack closed.

-Gary


On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 12:02 -0800, David Cook wrote:
> Got the head off to change the gasket, no real
> problems with that, thank goodness.
> 
> However, I've got a question...
> 
> Is it really bad, bad but not that bad, or okay that
> there are cracks between each of the exhaust and
> intake valves?
> 
> For some reason, I seem to recall reading that this is
> fairly normal.
> 
> Before I took the head off, the engine was running
> just fine, had plenty of power etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David