.008 isn't enough to mess up that angle.. 060 thick intake gasket. If you you felpro composite fiber, it will compress. I never use the permatorque style on intakes. They don't conform easily

I checked my engine on the stand last night with feeler gage. There are gaps that you can get feeler gage into all the way around the head and easily accessible gaps on each end of head. My engine is between. 039 and.040 all the way around tighter at one end than the other. Same on both heads. There are small gaps you can get feeler gage towards the outside of block and on the valley side also but intake would have to come off. No paint on my heads yet. Should be enough gaps available to squeeze some shim into on yours also. Did you say your heads were pressure tested,????

Veloc, do you mean you can get a feeler gauge to go between head and block till it hits the head gasket? Cuz if you can get .001 to go between gasket and either, you are in worse shape than fever...

Yes between head and block. They are felpro 1047 marine gaskets. I figured the gasket isn't exactly the same end to end. But now that you mentioned it I'm going to check with. 001 right now

Just so you PPL know the 1047 gasket is actually 17048 part # stamped on gasket. It checks out. . 001 will not go in anywhere. I measured my old gaskets that have like 4 hrs on them. The measure. 0435 at one end and. 0425 at other. Obviously compress down to.. 039

I am interested in this post because I had some water in both of my engines no where near that bad. I thought condensation because of 140 t stat and large oil cooler but not sure. Any way just as worried as cabin is and hate to this **** happen to anyone it sucks.

If oil never hits 210 and stays a while, what little water gets in will never boil out.

I agree completely with you

Im still trying to decide what im going to do. I didnt sleep at all last night thinking about this chit show.

Im tempted to yank the intake. It will need to come off anyway. I might pull the plugs and pressure test again

i might drive it off a cliff set fire to it and get drunk.

Who's been putting the intake on - you or him ?