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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lipadj46
Extra parts are mainly if you were rebuilding the heads. Yes use loctite except on the head bolts, those get oil. I ran the truck for a couple days with the fresh conventional oil and a fram then dumped it and put in good synthetic oil and a good oil filter.
Not wanting to be critical but just to mention, the use of oil on the head bolts is limited only a very light film on the threads, don't dunk them in oil and then torque them or you will not get the proper torque settings and the heads can leak.
 
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