<VV> Loud noise when hot / seal area rings

[UltraMonzaWest at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/3/2005 9:13:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ronh at owt.com 
writes:

> An anomaly that I noticed last night is that the head "lands" where the 
> head 
> gasket seats are grooves and are at least half as deep as the thickness of 
> the seal rings.  I assume that it's something that happened over the last 
> forty years but it doesn't look good.  What causes that?  I'm inclined to 
> double gasket and reinstall it.  Any comments on that?
> 
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That's called "yielding"...age....heat cycles cause it.

If you don't want to machine it out [ too deep], I'd use SINGLE COPPER  
gaskets..

See ya in Portland!



Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.