[Vwdiesel] More Quantum Questions - progress

Kurt Nolte syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Jan 18 14:37:05 PST 2009


The official Bentley specs allow for up to .004" of warpage, with .005" 
being the replacement threshold.

-Kurt


LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   You're allowed .002" warpage of the head.  So if it's about that 
> then either find a place that uses a big belt sander to surface it
> (they'll be cheaper than a place that mounts and mills it) or just 
> spend a little time flat filing it with a large file.  Just be gentle and 
> be concerned about the perimeter.  80% of the warpage is more 
> of a "mushrooming" around the water jacket rather than the 
> whole head "bending".




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