Hello BBer's,

I thought I'd post about my experience concerning replacing the headgaskets on red sedan 330K and green sedan 207K. Did green sedan first and found not one green stalagtite type green icicle but actually three, and some oil ooze as well.

The job is quite straightforward and resulted in a smoother running engine, without the occasional idle lope or startup rev that was noted. I only had the block resurfaced some .007, the valve stems ground, and the valve seals replaced by the machine shop which originally charged me $200 and then $100 for the second head a week later. Red sedan was quite similar with .006 shaved off. Just as a side-note neither car had, to my knowledge, overheated. Red sedan had a timing belt and water pump replaced as well.

I really found no difference between the Erling and genuine Volvo headgasket and according to Tasca, Volvo no longer offers a gasket kit. Much of the knowledge I used to remove the head and manifolds were obtained from my 9 year BB subscription. Thank you,

If anyone has any questions, I'd be glad to share other details of what I've learned.

Marty Wolfson
Proud member of the 300K club