"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
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> Hendersauce wrote:
>> Hey Mike, Thanks for the response. Turns out pops knows a bit more
>> about head gaskets than I thought. He has all the tools, and we have a
>> mechanic who's gonna come over and remove the head, and take it to an
>> auto shop to get it milled.
>
> do NOT get the head milled unless it is warped. i've seen many an alloy
> head screwed up this way. and they get slapped back on the block
> regardless so the owner has to go back again in 6 months and gets soaked
> for a new motor.
>

I defer to the group experience on this. I've had the luxury of stumbling
across a first-rate cylinder head shop (Arizona Cylinder Head for those in
the Phoenix area) and never had to worry about unnecessary work or bad work.
I agree, if a shop falls short in either of those areas it could make a
slightly bad situation much worse. A slightly gouged mating surface is the
path to perdition.

Mike