29-06-2014, 03:26 PM
Well head is off and some not so nice news.
Previous owners decided not to use the supplied protective shim with the mls, possibly because he thought it was only to use if the head was skimmed. So can only guess he didn't skim and put half the gasket on.
Using a straight edge shows the head to not be badly warped although there may be a bit on the exhaust side. For safety sake it'll get a skim.
This means I now need to take apart the head which could be interesting with it being a vvc and having 3 cams and some nice hydraulic controls
There is also some very nice carbon build up on the pistons
Previous owners decided not to use the supplied protective shim with the mls, possibly because he thought it was only to use if the head was skimmed. So can only guess he didn't skim and put half the gasket on.
Using a straight edge shows the head to not be badly warped although there may be a bit on the exhaust side. For safety sake it'll get a skim.
This means I now need to take apart the head which could be interesting with it being a vvc and having 3 cams and some nice hydraulic controls
There is also some very nice carbon build up on the pistons