Well, I think its ok, I think. I've got a very long trip planned for next summer and this kind of "its ok, I think" can keep me up at night.
Pic below shows that the gasket doesn't cover the entire face of the head. The erosion was on the part of the head exposed and it appeared to stop once it got down to the gasket. I checked old and new gaskets, they cover an identical area, The outer two cylinder's exhaust show no issues, but I guess they run a bit cooler.
I think I will pull the manifolds next winter, just to check. . . . Maybe just before next summers trip would be a good idea. What can I say, I'm paranoid.
Anybody seen something like this before?
Opps, only took one pic and thought it was in focus, sorry. You can still mostly see that the gasket does not cover the area that was eroding.
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