1998 Subaru Forester head gaskets

Tiny
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  • 1998 SUBARU FORESTER
  • 2.2L
  • 4 CYL
  • AWD
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  • 150,000 MILES
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"
Friday, October 9th, 2015 AT 8:30 PM

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Tiny
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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.
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