Hey Flagstaff... The consinsus of opinion, including mine, is the valve guides/seals! Your supposedly NEW head is not up to specs.
If the guy that rebuilt it is nearby get him to replace it with another one. If a long way off that may be why they sent you such a bad one.
Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />


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