I had to change out the head gasket on our old Camry and sent the head to a machine shop for resurfacing. I tried to be careful to avoid getting contamination down the oil drain holes when cleaning up the block surface but there is always a lot of crud around when you are scraping the surface of the old gasket material.
When I get it all back together what would be a good plan on the next oil change. Some examples might include:
1. On first start of the car, just let it idle 10 minutes and then change the oil and filter (that is sort of my thinking for now)
2. Drive it for 50 to 100 miles then change oil and filter.
3. Change out the old oil before first start (seems to me it needs to be run at least a few minutes to wash out any small contaminates that might be in the head area)
Open to other idea's or what you tend to do after the head has been off of the engine. I'd rather due just the one oil change before putting it back into service unless really beneficial to do more than one.
When I get it all back together what would be a good plan on the next oil change. Some examples might include:
1. On first start of the car, just let it idle 10 minutes and then change the oil and filter (that is sort of my thinking for now)
2. Drive it for 50 to 100 miles then change oil and filter.
3. Change out the old oil before first start (seems to me it needs to be run at least a few minutes to wash out any small contaminates that might be in the head area)
Open to other idea's or what you tend to do after the head has been off of the engine. I'd rather due just the one oil change before putting it back into service unless really beneficial to do more than one.