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K series in head gasket shocker, just get it done man. Shouldn't take too long.
Send the head away to be sorted and do the rest yourself.



What will you talk about if the metro goes,eh?

 not as easy as just getting it done, if you want it done properly, 

been doing a bit of research into sorting this out, as i have been chatting to a fella that is well known in the K series business, and has told me a few things before i even go anywhere near it.
I have to get the head hardness tested, before it goes in for skimming. If it fails the hardness test, then the head is scrap. This is one of the reasons these engines can fail again too, even after they have been done, as not many places hardness test the heads before hand. 
I asked about getting the head checked with him, but he is fully booked till next year, as he is the only one that really specializes in these engines and is known to be the best.
I have a few options,

 take a gamble and get this head sent off and redone, by an engine specialist on Ebay, i will have to ask if they can hardness test it 1st and go from there.

Or i can put this one in for a recon head, but i will have to ask if there have a one ported and polished.

buy an upgraded head that's had everything done to it ported etc and shove this one in exchange.  I am looking at 1k for that. That's including the head gaskets etc.

if we were to touch the bottom too, I could be looking nearly 2k for everything.

Then there is the idea of binning the full lot, and going land rover.