All of the gasket problems have been related to keeping the non-pressurized oil draining out of the head going in the right direction. I haven't seen any gaskets that were burned up, or any that have shown any signs of blow-by at the fire ring. The tops of the sleeves have all looked fine, all the way around. The seal looks intact, so does the sealing surface of the heads. I don't think oil is getting in past the fire ring. The evidence just isn't there.
All of this burning oil talk is because the pictures of carbon deposits in the combustion chamber. I haven't heard anyone complain of high oil consumption or complaining of blue smoke out the tail pipe or plug fouling or other normal symptoms of burning oil.
Maybe instead of burning oil we're dealing with a poorly designed combustion chamber that isn't efficiently burning the fuel which is leading to some extra carbon build up? I'm more inclined to put my money on that one, at least until I see evidence otherwise.
I agree and I disagree. The fueling of the engine would have to be very high to have the carbon glaze that is shown on the heads in the chamber area. If the plugs were shown in the pictures, they would confirm the oil burning by their color and deposits. It doesn't take much oil to cause carbon glaze in a chamber. Just a few drops now and then. The gasket design is for keeping the combustion gases in the chamber, the design is not for keeping anything out under direst conditions. Maybe someday MoCo will get that together.
JMHO
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