bobbywalter
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that is what i was referring to by out of square...even if it was decked...the over heating issues may have caused some fresh distortion. hot block and hot head makes for wobbly head....When you had your block machined last time did they deck it? I don't know much about machining engines but it may just be lower than the rest of the engine, and if thats lower it wouldn seal as well in that spot.But if it was decked it would be level. It might be a warped head too. You might try taking some thing with a strait edge and seeing if it will lay flat across the block then seeing if the head is strait too.
good luck, hope you can find a simple solution
like baddad said, possible questionable gasket....combined with a possible case of wobbly head...
hell ya never know.
get er in the shop and see if there is any deck left and go from there....for all i know the deck is fine