Once the head bolts were out, I used ancient Egyptian technology to lift the head off the block.
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Plenty of clearance, considering the exhaust is still attached.
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The head gasket. Nothing obvious other than the exhaust-tinted coolant passage outlines.
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From the block-facing side, you can see where one of the coolant passages between the two middle cylinders has managed to blow through the gasket.
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These tiny passages let just enough exhaust through to be a nuisance.
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[Cylinder 1] Fortunately, the head and block surfaces were not damaged.
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[Cylinder 2] Without removing the head completely, I couldn't tell if it was warped...
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[Cylinder 3] ...but I decided to just replace the head gasket for now, and bite the bullet if the problem returned.
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[Cylinder 4] So far, so good!
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