How to install a new head gasket on a 4.6 liter
Mudding
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I think that raised collar is to help line up the gasket and head and it's like that on all D2 motors and not something that failed on yours in particular, I think. It should fit inside that bolt hole in the head just fine and sit flush once installed.
I love your enthusiasm in your video. Good ole Texas boys! I'm just south of San Antonio in Floresville, Tx if you ever need anything.
I love your enthusiasm in your video. Good ole Texas boys! I'm just south of San Antonio in Floresville, Tx if you ever need anything.
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From: Longview, Texas
Longview, TX here.
I remember collars on both sides for the gaskets. Be sure to check carefully that nothing ( collars ) has fallen in your cylinders... I started an engine with an unseen bolt in a cylinder and it was no bueno.
Clean engine. Looks nice. I like your video.
I remember collars on both sides for the gaskets. Be sure to check carefully that nothing ( collars ) has fallen in your cylinders... I started an engine with an unseen bolt in a cylinder and it was no bueno.
Clean engine. Looks nice. I like your video.
Last edited by Charlie_V; Oct 3, 2018 at 06:48 PM.
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6th Gear
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Longview, TX here.
I remember collars on both sides for the gaskets. Be sure to check carefully that nothing ( collars ) has fallen in your cylinders... I started an engine with an unseen bolt in a cylinder and it was no bueno.
Clean engine. Looks nice. I like your video.
I remember collars on both sides for the gaskets. Be sure to check carefully that nothing ( collars ) has fallen in your cylinders... I started an engine with an unseen bolt in a cylinder and it was no bueno.
Clean engine. Looks nice. I like your video.
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6th Gear
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Longview, TX here.
I remember collars on both sides for the gaskets. Be sure to check carefully that nothing ( collars ) has fallen in your cylinders... I started an engine with an unseen bolt in a cylinder and it was no bueno.
Clean engine. Looks nice. I like your video.
I remember collars on both sides for the gaskets. Be sure to check carefully that nothing ( collars ) has fallen in your cylinders... I started an engine with an unseen bolt in a cylinder and it was no bueno.
Clean engine. Looks nice. I like your video.
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6th Gear
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I think that raised collar is to help line up the gasket and head and it's like that on all D2 motors and not something that failed on yours in particular, I think. It should fit inside that bolt hole in the head just fine and sit flush once installed.
I love your enthusiasm in your video. Good ole Texas boys! I'm just south of San Antonio in Floresville, Tx if you ever need anything.
I love your enthusiasm in your video. Good ole Texas boys! I'm just south of San Antonio in Floresville, Tx if you ever need anything.
It seemed like it was out of place because there was nothing similar to it anywhere else on the block surface. I appreciate the advice and I’m sure I’ll have questions down the road so I’ll keep you in mind.
Mudding
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Yeah I could be wrong about it being there to help line up the gasket, it has been 90kmiles and 4 years since i had my heads off, but I could have sworn I remember there being something like that on my block also to hold the gasket in the correct position while installing the heads.
