I decided to strip down the engine today that I had purchased for my escort project.

It had only done around 5k from being built with a new block so I wasn't overly happy to find this when I removed the head.





My reason for stripping the engine was to have it long studded anyway which I am told should cover this problem, I'm hoping that is correct as I dont fancy throwing a nearly brand new 200 block anyway

What pissed me off more was the fact the head had been fitted with clear damage to the face, quite annoying as clearly you can see its not long been skimmed and the damage is fresher than the skim due to the odd raised part of alloy.

Does anyone have the heights for a 2wd cylinder head as I want to work out of it can be skimmed again, again it would be a shame to have to put a ported head in the bin.

Most irritating thing is that the engine was all freshly built and surely the block shouldn't fail so early, the head does seem to be on its limit but I would need to measure it to be sure.

Heres the pictures of the head as I removed it, note the marks and indents in the head gasket caused from the marks in the face of the head.











The main thing is will the block be safe to go again as thats the most expensive part to replace