1998 Subaru Forester head gaskets

1998 SUBARU FORESTER
150,000 MILES • 2.2L • 4 CYL • AWD • AUTOMATIC
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TREV3446
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so I bought this car about 6 months ago. was overheating ever since then. I got it to stop overheating by running without thermostat. eventually got bad enough wouldn't start anymore. so I am doing head gaskets and I have already had heads machined down as they were warped. took off .006 about! I got OEM gaskets for the rebuild also. I checked the engine block and believe it to be out of specs. at just under.oo3 book is telling me .002 is acceptable. so my question is have you/anybody you know done hg's on subaru engine that the block was at these sp ecs. or do you think I will be OK with putting the heads back on as is. thanks in advance " pondering"
Oct 9, 2015 at 8:30 PM
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That extra .001" isn't going to be a problem, but it's rare to find even .003" non-flat on a cast iron block. You might want to lightly draw a flat file across the surface to see if there's some casting flash or old gasket material interfering with the measurement.
Oct 9, 2015 at 8:59 PM