[Vwdiesel] milled head

LBaird119 at aol.com LBaird119 at aol.com
Wed Jul 19 22:01:35 EDT 2006


In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:57:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
marvinjansen50 at gmail.com writes:

> I had the head milled today to take care of warpage, took off .008".
> Will this affect the head gasket notches?  It had a 2 knotch and the
> machinist didn't think I'd need to change from that.
> 

  We just finished kicking this subject around a bit ago.  Consensus 
was that the ratio of metal removed vs open space removed was so 
small that it'd have next to no effect.
  Peeve time:
  Good time to check your valve seats, exhaust valve stems and valve 
guides and seals for wear and replace/reface as needed.
     Loren


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