Head and block shaving tolerances\head gasket selection

[vwpat]

I am about to reassemble my 7 bolt rebuild and I have had some concerns with the machine work done. The quality was good but the amount of material removed from the block and the head for the resurface is what I am most concerned about. I know I will prob want a MLS gasket but I do not know what thickness to get. Any help would be appreciated. thanks

 

[Hubbell91Tsi]

How much was removed? You'll probably be fine with any MLS hg.

 

[vwpat]

pretty sure it was 13 thousandths combined between the two

 

[BogusSVO]

the next question is "HOW" was the head and block milled/surfaced?

you say the quality is good, but what do you base this on?

.013 is not bad, so about any stock replacement gast will be fine.
.013 is worth about -2cc

your surfaces should look about like this
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/new...face-4g63t-cylinder-head-mls-head-gasket.html

if your surfaces look like the first pic in this, get the milling redone
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/cyl...0613-why-not-let-your-head-belt-surfaced.html

 

[vwpat]

yea, the surface of the head is nice and shiny like the ones in the link.