In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Tue 6 Jun 2006:
Hi Doug, been there and done that with leaking weaping head gaskets.
What I did to stop this nonsense was to remove the studs, clean the
threads, coat them with Hylomar and torque them down to 27 lbs.
Then Bill Terry helped me out by supplying a Cometic head gasket,
now there are two versions around, one has triangular holes around
the studs (don t use this one as it also leaked) and the updated
gasket which has round holes that more tightly fit on the studs.
There are two sizes of water coolant holes, the larger holes go on
the exhaust side, the smaller on the intake side. Get some Hylomar
spray and coat both sides of the gasket. Install the gasket and
torque evenly and in a few torquing sequences. Start the engine
and warm up to normal operating temp. Let cool (sounds like baking)
overnight, retorque, repeat this sequence a few times until the
head is good and tight. This works well.
Regards,
Allen--
alodmd
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