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Got some photos of my progress last night.

Confirmed my suspicion of a blown head gasket.

Tonight�s Plan

1) Lap the valves whilst the head is off.
2) Re-assemble the head and reset the valve clearances to spec
3) Re-install the remaining componentry (cowling, starter, valve cover etc)

I have included some photos which show:

1) Where combustion gasses where escaping on the head
2) The blown head gasket
3) My replacement gasket suited to the GXV140 engine which was exactly the same upon testing.

I am fairly confident this should be ok after its all finished because if the damm mower was running ok with the blown gasket (minus the strange sounds) it should run perfectly with a fully intact head gasket � Lets just hope there is no other problems.