6.0 help asap please

[rustydonovan]

:i have a 2005 f-250 recently took it to shop cause of leaking head gaskets.. doing flo pro egr delte oem head gaskets, arp studs and 190 cc in jectors.. when removed the heads sent them to shop n found out both are cracked.so ordered new ones..then after all this get a call back they say my block looks good other then a few rough spots on the bottom sides of the cylinders..and told me it wold cost additional 4300 to redo the block and new pistons and ect ect. basically i dont have the extra at this time....so wondern if nebody else has had this issue and went ahead and cleaned it best they could and put back together... please give me some feedback asap!!

[Mhatlen]

Are the cylinders scored??

[rustydonovan]

no cylenders look good its just some rough spots on the deck!!

[mastrkee]

Dude you can buy a complete used engine with a warranty for about $4500. You should get a second opinion on that "problem"!

[Mhatlen]

Have you looked at it ? Are they telling you it can't be polished out. Is it pitts or is it damage from gasses blowing through from head gasket failure??

[rustydonovan]

All they told me was the deck has some rough spots from where my heads gaskets was so bad.said only way of getting it smooth was machine the block..also bith heads are cracked around the exhaust valves

[Mhatlen]

Well I would go have a look for yourself and see exactly what they are talking about. Forget what maximum runout is for the deck, but if it's not a flat surface you will loose the head gasket in a short period. They should straight edge it for you and it's either flat or it's not, my guess would be you have some tracks from exhaust gases blowing through from head gasket failure and all you can do is deck the block for that.
I used to be a machinest and have seen it for myself.

But; look at it for yourself and make them prove their case, sometimes shops just want to sell as much as they can sell.

[rustydonovan]

okay if its flat but has rough places on it do u think the gasket will set wit arp studs

[rustydonovan]

he did just tell me that the rough sots on the deck was prob around 2,000 of inch roughness.. he said it was from where my gaskets had been leaking so much it pitted

[Mhatlen]

Take a look at how far away any coolant passages are as well how far cylinder edge is. You can take some pics and post on the site and I will give you my thoughts.
After saying that a perfectly flat surface is always going to be ideal but if there is a good sealing area around a pit it should not raise any concern. Take a few high quality pics and post them.

0.002 is a very slight amount but again take a pic or two