Head Gasket Leak-- Crazy (?) Idea ARP Studs
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Head Gasket Leak-- Crazy (?) Idea ARP Studs
So my wife wants to find a Disco II. I've liked Discos for a long time, so I was on board.
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
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So my wife wants to find a Disco II. I've liked Discos for a long time, so I was on board.
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
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So my wife wants to find a Disco II. I've liked Discos for a long time, so I was on board.
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
The chance of success is slim, the cost of gaskets isn’t crazy, so I would just do a head gasket job, which has a lot of steps, but isn’t prohibitively difficult.
A bigger issue is that the block may be cracked. So without having it pressure tested it is a gamble.
Research costs of a good used motor, too.
Last edited by CollieRover; 10-11-2019 at 08:34 AM.
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So my wife wants to find a Disco II. I've liked Discos for a long time, so I was on board.
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
Found one that looked decent and all that, but it's got leaky head gaskets--seller says exhaust ("air") into the coolant.
I also drive a VW Bus that I installed a TDI motor into. It was having a similar leak, though pretty minor. On a chance, I swapped the head bolts out one by one with ARP studs. Those things clamped it down a bit more and sealed the leak right up.
Anyone tried this and had success?
Thanks!
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