ok, heads off, cant see any visable cracks on the block or the head, after spending a good 3 hrs inspecting with a magnifing glass!!
however, sat the head on a pane of glass, and its certainly not sitting right, only talking about 1 thou out, if that, need the magnifing glass to actually see its not sitting right, but something is defo amiss!!
so will be refitting after taking it somewhere else to be machined, as for the cowboys that skimmed it the first time they will be getting a strongly worded letter.
will defo be using new head bolts, new gasket, water pump will be fully inspected, and hopefully that will be drama over!!
have found the relevent info for the torque settings and tightening sequance, will be buying an angle guage next weekend
(back to work for me tomorrow ) so hopefully greenlaning again next sunday!!
thanks to all for the info, hope to be of service to other people on this forum if i can be and happy new year to all!! :i-m_so_happy: